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These articles explore many diverse aspects of military history, from ancient times up through today's conflicts.


Prokhorovka: The Deciding Battle of Kursk

Wild Bill Wilder | Published: August 15, 2007 at 10:00 am

Kursk would mark the end of the great German offensives. It would also signal the beginning of the Russian recovery of its land and its dignity. And no one could tell a soldier of the Motherland that revenge is a dish served cold.

A. P. Hill – Lee’s Enigmatic General

Wyatt Kingseed | Published: August 04, 2007 at 10:41 am

A man of contradictions – both in character and action – A.P. Hill, like his mentor, Lee, abhorred slavery. And like Lee, he resigned his federal commission to serve his native state.

Just in Time!

Wild Bill Wilder | Published: July 15, 2007 at 10:59 am

Wild Bill Wilder takes a look at the heroic actions of “Combeforce” in North Africa, 1941 – a fast unit with one mission in mind – prevent the Italian Army from escaping!

Passchendaele at Ninety

Ronan Thomas | Published: July 12, 2007 at 6:04 pm

During 1914-18 an estimated one million soldiers died in the Ypres Salient, a bulge roughly 20km square east and south of the medieval Flanders city of Ypres.

Defending the Imperial Fortress

Arrigo Velicogna | Published: June 26, 2007 at 4:57 pm

In the closing days of December 1943 both sides were watching each other across the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean. After two years the war had entered a new phase.

The Danes Resist

Sterling Rock Johnson | Published: June 14, 2007 at 5:56 pm

On the morning of April 9, 1940, most Danes rose for breakfast not knowing they were now living in a German protectorate. Since 4 o’clock that morning, 40,000 German troops had been rolling through their land.

The Huaihai Campaign

Joshua Gilbert | Published: June 10, 2007 at 5:36 am

The Huaihai Campaign, or the Battle of Xu-Beng, was one of the greatest battles of modern Chinese history, and of the 20th Century.

Deja Vu The Desert Rats

Wild Bill Wilder | Published: June 03, 2007 at 11:55 am

Wild Bill Wilder takes a look a look back at Operation Desert Storm, and the British involvement in particular.

Kasserine Pass: Allied Defeat?

Alexander Wilson | Published: May 19, 2007 at 4:33 am

The Battle of Kasserine Pass, though depicted as a serious debacle for the Americans, can actually be looked at as an American victory, although Pyrrhic in nature.

The Rebellion of the United Irishmen

Nicky Nielsen | Published: May 09, 2007 at 6:11 pm

The day after the return of devolved government to Northern Ireland, we take a look back at the story of Irish nationalism and the struggle for independence.

The Panzer Graf

Wild Bill Wilder | Published: May 04, 2007 at 7:32 pm

Generalleutnant Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von GroĂź-Zauche und Camminetz served Germany mostly on the East Front – he would eventually become known as simply “Der Panzer Graf (The Tank Count).”

Wehrmacht Master of Defense

Sterling Rock Johnson | Published: April 22, 2007 at 5:19 am

General-Oberst Gotthard Heinrici had built his reputation as a brilliant defensive fighter during the disastrous winter of 1941-42 when the Soviets threw a hundred divisions at his freezing and ill-clad troops.

Battle of Koniggratz

Joshua Gilbert | Published: April 08, 2007 at 10:00 am

Koniggratz was the result of years of political maneuvering. By the mid-19th Century Prussia, previously thought of as the weakest of the German powers, was rising like a phoenix.

Battle of Trafalgar

Nicky Nielsen | Published: March 19, 2007 at 4:28 pm

In October 1805, Right Hon. Lord Viscount Horatio Nelson, led the British Royal Navy to a sweeping victory over Napoleon Bonaparte’s Franco-Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar in Southern Spain.

Fliegen und Siegen

A Burke | Published: March 15, 2007 at 7:41 pm

Sixty-five years ago, Hermann Goering’s Luftwaffe showcased its aerial triumphs in a 1942 commemorative book of 100 stereoscopic photographs, providing a rare insider’s view of the early war years.

Tannenberg – The battle that decided the fate of Eastern Europe

Joshua Gilbert | Published: February 21, 2007 at 4:05 pm

In one of the most decisive battles in history, the combined forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Union fought against the army of the Order of Teutonic Knights.

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