The 5th Cavalry Brigade in Syria — Meet the Mounted British Reservists Who Helped Turn the Tide in the Middle East in 1941
“In this ancient land of the horseman, the commanders found they were in no position to reject such a time-honoured way of war.” By Jonathan Washington OPERATION EXPORTER, the Allied invasion of Vichy-held Syria (present-day…
“To Inspire Esteem and Fear” — How Napoleon the Statesman Ruled His Sprawling Empire
“Through his secret police, the emperor kept a cupped ear to mutterings in cafes, shops, and salons.” By William Nester NAPOLEON KNEW WELL the dilemmas facing a conqueror, particularly one who controlled an empire spanning…
From Victory to Defeat — Why the Triumphant British Army of 1918 Was So Unready for War in 1939
“The British Army wasn’t prepared to fight a first-class European army in 1939 for the simple reason that Britain hadn’t prepared itself to do so.” By Dr. Robert Lyman THE BRITISH ARMY was catastrophically unprepared…
The Nurses of MASH — Meet the Real Women Behind The Characters From the Iconic Korean War TV Series
“Whether running the triage for incoming wounded, scrubbing up for the OR, holding the hand of a dying GI, or even rolling up their own sleves when blood supplies were short, their workloads never lightened.”…
“Slide-Rule Strategy” — One Wartime Researcher Calculated the Impact of a Single B-24 Bomber on the Allied Effort. His Findings Are Surprising
“What Blackett did was to ask: What can one aircraft, one Liberator, achieve in the Battle of the Atlantic?” By Niall MacKay IN OUR GROUP at the University of York, we’ve been looking at various…
‘America’s Wars 1754-1945’ — Battlefield Trust Drops Animated Map-Based Documentary on Youtube
“The production uses a combination of dramatic narration, historic and modern images, motion graphics, reenactment footage, and music to share the mesmerizing stories.” MORE THAN 200 years of military history — from the French Indian…
