Hessian Troopers: Myth and Reality
Hessians earned a scary reputation in America - even inspiring the "Headless Horseman" of Sleepy Hollow. But history shows these German soldiers were not so intimidating
This Week in History: Battle of the Bulge – Germany’s Last Gamble
For six bloody weeks, U.S.troops would thwart Hitler's last major western offensive despite overwhelming odds.
Game of Kings: Was Hnefatafl the Vikings’ Best-Kept Strategic Secret?
Archaeology suggests the Vikings played this board game to practice "strategical and tactical warfare”
Looking at the Korean War, 70 Years On
It has been called ‘the first war we lost,’ but South Korea’s very existence suggests otherwise
Germany to remove Nazi-era propaganda changes from alphabet
The Nazis twisted Germany's alphabet with propaganda in 1933. Now Germany will reclaim its history with changes starting in 2021
Lessons from the Battle of Long Island
Though outgeneraled, outmaneuvered and outfought, Washington extracted most of his army, thus saving it and the Patriot cause.
Book Review: Airmen of Arnhem
Martin W. Bowman relates the hazards airmen faced during Operation Market Garden, the ill-fated Allied attempt to shorten World War II
Book Review: The Secret History of Soldiers
Tim Cook assesses the performance and staying power of the Canadian Corps during World War I
Then and Now: The Great Chain of West Point, N.Y.
Links of a Great Chain used to block British warships during the Revolutionary War remain on display at West Point.
Italy’s African Eagle
East African orphan Domenico Mondelli won the Italian Armed Forces Silver Medal for Military Valor in World War I
English vs. Scots: The Battle of the Standard
As Scottish invaders challenged a usurper to the English throne in 1138, their enemies appealed to the heavens
Book Review: The War for the Seas
Evan Mawdsley examines maritime warfare across all combat theaters of World War II
Frederick Schomberg: ‘Ablest Soldier of his Age’
A German mercenary fought staunch enemies and former allies alike during his six-decade European military career
‘Candy Bomber’ Gail Halvorsen Turns 100
During the 1948–49 Berlin Airlift this U.S. Air Force transport pilot made a heartfelt decision that became the public relations coup of the Cold War
Book Review: Crusaders
Dan Jones relates the 11th- through 13th-century wars between Christian and Muslim armies for control of the Holy Land
How Goebbels convinced German civilians to murder Allied airmen
A sinister plot by Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels turned civilians into brutal murderers targeting Allied airmen who parachuted into Germany
