Napoleon’s First Division at Waterloo — A Snapshot of the Men Who Fought Bonaparte’s Final Battle
“Few of these men’s stories survive or were ever recorded, but using regimental enrolment and service records it is possible to begin to piece together a composite picture of these ordinary soldiers.” By Graeme Callister…
Impasse at Verdun — Inside Germany’s Abortive Campaign to ‘Bleed France White’
“Multiple miscalculations cost the Kaiser’s army a chance for a potentially decisive blow against France. The offensive instead drained Germany of irreplaceable troops and resources.” By Michael G. Stroud THE BATTLE OF VERDUN was the…
Defeating the Mongols — Inside the Key Battles of Ayn Jalut and Homs
“The battles broadcast one indisputable lesson of seismic importance: The Mongols could be stopped.” By Dr. Nicholas Morton IN EARLY 1260, a huge Mongol field army crossed the Euphrates River and laid siege to Aleppo…
The Great Terror — Inside Stalin’s Infamous Red Army Purge
“There was no German-inspired conspiracy in the Soviet military. Nevertheless, the purge continued into 1938 and cost the Red Army dearly.” By Peter Whitewood ON JUNE 11, 1937, Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky and a group of…
The Philippine Resistance – How WW2’s Forgotten Guerrilla Movement Helped Bring Down Japan
“Guerrillas endured pervasive exhaustion, disease, and malnourishment. They engaged in irregular warfare, espionage, prison raids and sabotage.” By James Kelly Morningstar WHAT IF I told you that one of the most important campaigns of World…
Christmas Truce Eyewitness — Irish Great War Vet Recalls the Famous Ceasefire of 1914
“It was Christmas Day and the ceasefire held. With the sun fully up, Germans suddenly appeared in No Man’s Land.” By Brendan Farrell MY GRANDFATHER, Peter Farrell of Drumconrath, County Meath, like many thousands of…
