United States Military Reform Post Civil War
Between 1865 and 1900 the United States' Army and Navy changed in direct relation to the threats the nation faced.
The reforms the United States...
Formation of the Red Army Cavalry
The 1st Cavalry Army of General Budyonny was formed in 1918 to give the Red Army a mobile striking force and rapid reaction...
The Roman Legion
The Roman Empire was gigantic by the time of Emperor Trajan’s death in A.D. 117. From Britain to Syria, from the River Rhine to...
The HMS Intrepid, Falkland War Veteran
The Proud HMS Intrepid and her forty year saga that took her through the Cold War, to the Falklands, to eBay.
In the past 250-years...
Bergen-Belsen: Hell on Earth
A World War Two veteran remembers the hell and horror that laid in wait the day the Allies liberated the notorious Nazi concentration...
Operation Mincemeat and the Man Who Never Was
One frustrating problem facing the planners of Operation Husky was the fact that Sicily, sitting like a stepping stone between North Africa and the...
The Red Army 1917-1923
Formed from mutinous soldiers, armed factory workers and peasant conscripts, the Red Army prevailed through force of arms in the six-year-long Russian Civil War.
When...
Indian War in the West: Rescue at Beecher Island
In a dramatic conclusion to a story of the Indian Wars, the survivors of the Battle of Beecher Island struggle for a better...
Nestor Makhno Anarchist General
Thirty year old anarchist terrorist and Tsarist inmate Nestor Makhno returned to his Ukrainian village and formed one of the most amazing armies in...
The Battle of Adrianople
The Gothic triumph in the Battle of Adrianople exposed Roman military weaknesses on the battlefield. The Goths were victorious because of their successful usage...