“Battles between Turkish and Frankish armies during this era involved encounters between two very different warcrafts.” By Nicholas Morton IN 1125 the fortunes of war in northern Syria hung precariously in the…
From the Battlefield to the Blackboard — Meet the Waterloo Veteran Who Saved a Famous Military Academy
“He became an ensign in the Black Watch and within a few months his battalion was sent abroad.” By Rosslyn Macphail “The enemy had a gun on our flank. We were formed…
Napoleon and Alexander — How the Macedonian Conqueror Inspired Bonaparte
“[Bonaparte] mused that Alexander ‘when scarcely beyond the age of boyhood, with a mere handful of brave troops, conquered a quarter of the globe.’” By Joseph Stiles NAPOLEON Bonaparte famously listed Alexander…
French Indochina Goes to War — Meet the Southeast Asian Troops Who Fought for France in WW1
“They were quickly formed into 19 units of the Bataillon de l’Infanterie Coloniale.” By George Yagi BY THE fall of 1914, France was facing a crisis. It had only been at war…
Drums Along the Minnesota — Inside the Dakota Uprising of 1862
“The Dakota became a people poised on a knife’s edge between war and peace, lacking only a dramatic incident to upset the balance.” By John Danielski FOUR HEN’S eggs started the bloodiest…
Murder Behind Barbed Wire — The Secret Trials of Nazi POWs in America
“Military prosecutors brought murder charges against 15 German POWs and court-martialled them before secret military tribunals.” By William Geroux BY 1943, the western Allies had a problem: Where to keep the hundreds…
Freefalls — Meet Three Allied Airmen Who Fell to Earth Without a Parachute and Survived
“Imagine plummeting from an airplane at a height of several thousand feet or more. By Robert Schreiner IMAGINE accidentally falling from the roof of your house or the upstairs balcony of an…
The Fight for Manila — Inside the Largest Urban Battle in U.S. Army History
“It was a victory, but it was not MacArthur’s best work.” By Nicholas Evan Sarantakes “ONE OF America’s greatest heroes is dead,” President Lyndon Johnson declared upon the death of General of…