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…
The Arctic Convoys — Inside the Second World War’s Gruelling Polar Naval Campaign
“It was possibly the harshest place on Earth to conduct a war and led to Churchill describing the Arctic convoys as ‘the worst journey in the world.’” By John McKay THE ARCTIC convoys were a…
Child Soldiers of the U.S. Civil War — Just How Rare Was Underage Enlistment in Armies of the Era?
“If military physicians strongly opposed youth enlistment, and plenty of parents fought to retain authority over sons up to age 21, how did so many boys below 18 end up in the army?” By Rebecca…
