By MHN Staff HISTORY HAS WITNESSED hundreds of civil wars, at least two “world wars” and more than 40 distinct wars of independence. Other conflicts have been named for kings, queens, dogs, pigs,…
The Ukrainian Insurgent Army — Inside One of WW2’s Strangest Resistance Movements
“The group was one of the Second World War’s most peculiar resistance movements in that it received no support from the Allies and battled both Soviets and Nazis alike.” THINGS ARE HEATING…
“Removal of a Tenth” – A Brief and Bloody History of Decimation
“The practice of decimation didn’t die with the Roman Empire. Military commanders throughout history have revived the tradition from time to time as a means of punishment.” BY ALL ACCOUNTS, Luigi Cadorna…
Playing ‘What If…’ With History — Writer Imagines 21st Century Military Hardware in Second World War
COULD a modern-day Nimitz-class aircraft carrier single-handedly take out the 56-ship Japanese task force that crossed the Pacific to attack the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in 1941? Such was the premise…
INFOGRAPHIC: From Marathon to Fallujah — 2,500 Years of Battlefield Tactics
We close the week with yet another reader-supplied info graphic. This one comes to us from Rebecca Louis of the website Online Military Education, a domain devoted to connecting American service men and…
Eugene Bullard – The First African-American Combat Pilot Was a Hero in France But Forgotten in the U.S.
“Despite his acclaim in France, Bullard received virtually no recognition in America.” EUGENE JACQUES BULLARD may have been the 6,950th French military pilot to earn his wings during World War One, but he’s…
When In Rome — Was American Exceptionalism Inspired By An Ancient ‘Superpower’?
“The Romans were pretty sure they were the good guys … It helped that they believed their civilization and their political system were better than those of the peoples they invaded.” By…
Reader Infographic — 100 Years of British Army Weapons and Equipment
LAST YEAR, an MHN reader from the United Kingdom by the name of Allie Redmond forwarded us this infographic she composed about the 250-year evolution of the uniform of the British…