“Coverage of the intense contest being fought in a small corner of Italy had caught the attention of Adolf Hitler. Desperate for even a Pyrrhic victory, he ordered that the town be…
The Many Sackings of Rome — Eight Times the Eternal City Was Captured and Pillaged
“The city which had taken the whole world was itself taken.” FOR OVER two millennia, the city of Rome has stood as one of the greatest symbols of power, culture, and civilization…
HMS Canopus – Meet the Broken British Battleship That Surprised a German Fleet in 1914
“Although Canopus had once been a formidable warship for her era, by 1914 she was woefully obsolete.” By Robert Schreiner ON THE morning of December 8, 1914, a crisp dawn revealed unusually…
The Flying Underdogs — How Australia’s Rookie 75 Squadron Saved Port Moresby from the Japanese
“The men of 75 Squadron fought desperately against the Japanese for the next 42 days while living and working in conditions best characterized as squalor.” By Jay Stout THE Australian machine gunners…
The Renault FT — Meet the Tiny French Tank That Revolutionized Armoured Warfare
“Its compact frame allowed it to maneuver through the rugged, cratered terrain of the Western Front with relative ease, where larger tanks struggled.” FEW inventions have shaped the modern battlefield quite like…
Bull Run 1861 — Inside the U.S. Civil War’s Chaotic Opening Battle
“Untrained soldiers, hastily assembled amateur armies, and inexperienced commanders faced the brutal realities of combat for the first time.” THE First Battle of Manassas, often referred to as the First Battle of…
Did the Romans Hide Their Defeats? — Uncovering the Military Failures of the Empire’s ‘Third Century Crisis’
“Many Roman authors provide a manipulated version of events. Unfortunately, for this reason, most of the details of these battles have been lost to time.” By Byron Waldron DURING THE mid and…
Hitler’s ‘Halt Order’ – How the Infamous 1941 Directive to Save the Floundering Russia Campaign was a Recipe for Disaster
“Hitler’s sweeping, top-down solution—applied uniformly to every point of crisis in every sector of the front—was as nonsensical as it was dangerous.” By David Stahel GERMANY INVADED THE Soviet Union on June…