As the older, more politically influential commanders were killed by the enemy or executed by order of STAVKA for “failure in battle”, younger, more visionary officers took their place.

We take a look at the details of the “Virginius Incident” which, in November 1873, nearly sparked a war between the United States of America and Spain.

After the great Communist revolution of 1917, and the institution of Marxism-Leninism in the biggest nation in the world, the military institutions of Russia went through radical change.

Using the islands of the south and central Pacific as stepping stones, the American forces had begun to move inexorably toward Japan.

Many people will be aware of the role and place of Czech pilots in the RAF, but there was another group of men that also made a major contribution.

We examine the causes and outcome of this epic European conflict at a time when Western Europe was deeply divided.

On this Remembrance Day, Armchair General salutes all those who fought and died to secure liberty and freedom from tyranny for us all.

A new millennium has put the war in Vietnam even more into the category of the distant past. Forty years separate us from those troubled times.

Soldiers on their way to fight tough, determined guerrillas (Al Quaeda, Taliban and sectarian terrorists) in Iraq and Afghanistan are receiving valuable “lessons learned” from the US Army’s Staff Ride battle study program.

With the renewed crisis in Korea, we briefly step back in time to where it all began, over 50 years ago.

The Battle of Clontarf was the culmination of hundreds of years of animosity and hostility between the Celts in Ireland and the Viking invaders.

With Rotterdam bombed, thousands dead and missing, countless of people homeless and a uncertain future ahead, the people of the Netherlands were wary of what the occupation would bring them.

In the desert war of 1941, both sides had their own brand of Special Forces. They were men trained to a fine edge in combat, with bold spirits and a desire to take chances.

An ACG exclusive! New research reveals that pneumonia did NOT kill the South’s best general. This piece of outstanding “medical sleuthing” exposes the actual cause of Stonewall Jackson’s premature death.

Like all major conflicts of any duration, the American Civil War took its participants on a wild roller coaster ride of emotions and hope. Never was this truer than December 1863.

In full view of the enemy and under constant fire, he exhorted the men to get to their feet and follow him. Inspired by his fearlessness, they rushed after him in a desperate charge through an increased hail of bullets.