Last Ditch Efforts – Six of History’s Doomed Final Offensives
“Operation Spring Awakening represented Nazi Germany’s last major attack in World War Two. Here are some of history’s other doomed final assaults.” MANY REMEMBER Adolf Hitler’s December 1944 assault on Allied troops in the Ardennes as…
General Insubordination — A Brief History of Defiant & Disgraced American Commanders
“A central failing of insubordinate generals is a hubristic inclination to bypass the chain of command and take their disagreements public.” By Jeffrey J. Matthews THE ARMED FORCES of the United States of America are…
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.”…
