The Napoleonic Wars and Guerrilla Tactics: The Iberian Peninsula and Unconventional Warfare
During the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon's occupation of the Iberian Peninsula prompted one of the greatest outbreaks of unconventional warfare in military history.
In July 1807,...
Life in the trenches during World War I
The Western Front. A series of trenches that eventually stretched 440 miles from the North Sea coastline of France, to the country's border with...
Aircraft of the Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain became famous as much for the aircraft that were used to fight in it as for what actually happened during...
Swedish Neutrality in World War II: Fact or Fiction?
The Scandinavian Kingdom of Sweden declared neutrality during the Second World War but, was it really nonaligned?
Since 1815 when the Napoleonic Wars finally ended,...
Mikhail Kalashnikov is Still a Big Gun in the Russian Arsenal
The young Russian soldier who started out as a poet ended up creating one of the most enduring symbols of anti-Western ideology -...
The Last Battle in England: Sedgemoor, 6 July, 1685
The Battle of Sedgemoor was the final time two armies fought each other in England but it did not end the conflict between...
Julius Caesar’s Invasions of Britain
Julius Caesar, the Governor of the Roman provinces of Cisalpine and Transalpine Gaul from 59 BC, before conquering northern Gaul four years later was...
Faris: Medieval Muslim Horsemen
These horsemen came from many different parts of the middle east and most retained an appearance reflecting their ethnic origins, with long hair and...
Post WWII Service of the M1 Garand Rifle
The Garand entered service in 1937 and served on all fronts in World War Two. However it remained in production more than a dozen...
Ultra and the Battle for North Africa (1941-43)
North Africa and the Meditteranean were important fronts throughout World War II. However, for purposes of this article, my examination will be limited to...