“All told, well over 50,000 Irishmen served in the armies of France, Spain and Austria. Some of the volunteers became great military reformers who helped modernize the Continent’s antiquated armies.” By Stephen…
Winged Warriors – The Glider Troopers of WW2
“Tens of thousands of gliders would be used in the war and ‘airlanding’ regiments would see action in no fewer than eight major operations.” ON SEPT. 13, 1943, HIGH ATOP ITALY’S Apennine Mountains, one…
Tomahawk – A Brief History of the BGM-109
“Following its combat debut in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, the ship or sub-launched BGM-109 would be used in every major U.S. air campaign for the next 30 years” WHILE OFTEN CONSIDERED on…
Abraham Lincoln – President, Emancipator… and Tyrant?
By Jennifer L. Weber WHEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN TOOK OFFICE IN MARCH 1861, the executive branch was small and relatively limited in its power. By the time of his assassination four years later,…
Hot Properties — Eight of History’s Most Fought Over Places
“The following places have changed hands or been fought over at least half a dozen times.” MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS reported last week that President Obama is ordering the U.S. military to execute a new round of…
The Pre-Columbian Superpower – 10 Surprising Facts About the Incan Army
IN HIS 1997 PULITZER-PRIZE-WINNING BOOK Guns, Germs and Steel, author and University of California historian Jared Diamond describes the absurd Battle of Cajamarca. The clash, which took place on Nov. 16, 1532 in…
The Myth of Black Confederates — Historian Blasts Fantasy That “Thousands” of African Americans Fought for the South
“The very idea of black Confederates is a relatively recent phenomenon, emerging after the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.” By Doug Peterson PATRICK R. CLEBURNE, A PROMINENT GENERAL IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY of Tennessee,…
British Historian Names His Pick For ‘Most Fascinating Figure From Military History’
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW, MHN has been asking prominent historians, writers and journalists from around the world a single question: Which figure from military history do you find most fascinating and why?…