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Carlo D'Este |
Published: November 08, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Carlo D'Este, Patton's biographer, considers the
mental health of the great general.
Jon Guttman |
Published: August 03, 2011 at 12:15 pm
The Harley-Davidson joins the cavalry.
Published: May 03, 2011 at 5:00 am
Was Prince Francis Eugene of Savoy and Carignan—a favorite of Napoleon's and Frederick the Great—"the General of Europe"?
Peter E. Cozzens |
Published: February 08, 2011 at 7:10 pm
Nowadays "Army of the Rebellion" is most commonly used to refer to the Confederates, but during the American Civil War the term was often applied to the Union forces as well.
C. G. Sweeting |
Published: November 10, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Anything about military history you’ve always wanted to know? Submit your question to us at MHQeditor@weiderhistory.com. You can even suggest the expert you’d like us to query. Q: What is the origin of the belts that United States Navy and Army officers have been wearing since at least the Civil War?
Max Hastings |
Published: August 10, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Hirohito in dress uniform, c. 1935 (Library of Congress).Q: Had the Allies captured Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini alive, they would certainly have been tried as war criminals. In Japan's case, Emperor Hirohito was not. There is no possible …
David T. Zabecki |
Published: April 26, 2010 at 2:07 pm
The U.S. Legion of Merit was intended to recognize foreign military officers after World War II and may have been modeled on the French Legion of Honor awarded to so many American servicemen in World War I.
Published: February 24, 2010 at 9:59 am
Military historian Robert Citino responds to an MHQ reader's query, ranking his top 10 German and Prussian military commanders from the Age of Frederick to 1945.
Andrew Roberts |
Published: December 02, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Instead of using Davout in the Waterloo campaign, Napoleon preferred to keep the Iron Marshal in the capital, fulfilling the three vital roles he was appointed to on April 30: minister of war, governor of Paris, and commander in chief of the national guard.
Published: August 28, 2009 at 7:30 pm
The leadership in Hanoi knew that the 1968 Tet Offensive would be a gamble but MHQ author James H. Willbanks outlines how the offensive achieved some stunning psychological successes, particularly in the opening phases.
Published: August 28, 2009 at 2:42 pm
King Frederick II of Prussia introduced potatoes into his army’s diet in 1744 despite popular belief that they were unfit for human consumption.
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