The Battle of Cherbourg — When Union and Confederate Warships Clashed Off the Coast of France
“For the crew of the Kearsarge, this was the payoff for more than two years of searching the Atlantic for Confederate warships.” By Walter Topp IT WAS NO chance encounter. When the Confederate warship CSS…
The Battle of Montcel-Frétoy — History’s Last Fight Between Mounted Lancers
“The action was quickly overshadowed by greater events, just as the traditional role of the cavalryman was overtaken by the realities of modern warfare.” By Alexander Zakrzewski ON THE morning of Sept. 7, 1914, Lieutenant-Colonel…
Hellcat vs. Focke-Wulf — How Did the U.S. Navy Warplane Stack Up Against Germany’s FW-190?
“The U.S. Navy, which in addition to fighting the Pacific War took part in Allied operations in the Mediterranean and North Sea, needed its aviators to be ready for Focke-Wulfs.” By Marc Liebman THE FOCKE-WULF…
Napoleon’s Hundred Days — Bonaparte and His Army Once Commanded Europe; In the Lead-up to Waterloo, Neither Were Ready for War
“Horses, artillery, and muskets were all in desperately short supply. Hours of his frenetic, almost manic energies were poured into correcting this with pitifully little success.” In April of 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte was finished. A…
CIA at War — Inside the Agency’s Operations from Cold War Hotspots to 21st Century Battlefields
“Covert action is bad for the reputations of both the CIA and the United States. But in an age of undeclared wars, it’s not hard to understand why an intelligence agency became repeatedly embroiled in…
‘Hands and Arms of Iron’ – The Life of Solider During the Wars of the Roses
“The medieval soldier’s experience in the Wars of the Roses is unique and not what we are led to believe in history books.” By Andrew Boardman THE SCARCITY OF reliable contemporary military evidence for the…
