General John Stark: A Patriot Who Rose Above Rank
Overlooking a studied insult by Congress, John Stark rallied to the Patriot cause at Bennington in 1777
Albatros D.III
Flown aggressively with tactical skill, the D.III became the terror of the Western Front
Kyle Carpenter: Worth It
The lance corporal doesn’t recall throwing himself between a buddy and a hand grenade—but investigators confirmed his valor
March 2020 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about an Italian memento from World War II and kamikaze pilots
Book Review: Hitler’s Great Gamble
James Ellman imagines the counterfactual outcome of of Operation Barbarossa had Adolf Hitler been a better diplomat
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.
The Secret Art Bunker of Nuremberg
By the time war broke out in 1939, Nazi officials had already developed a detailed plan for a network of tunnels to smuggle and hide valuable artwork.
Book Review: On a Knife’s Edge
Prit Buttar properly sets the WWII Battle of Stalingrad amid the broader context of winter campaigns in the Ukraine
Uncle Sam’s Intervention
Landing in Nicaragua in 1927 amid bitter civil strife, U.S. Marines honed their counterinsurgency techniques
Book Review: Undersea Warriors
Iain Ballantyne relates the exploits of British intelligence and ballistic missile submariners during the Cold War
America’s Civil War Book Reviews: The Role of Rangers in the Civil War
The latest books on the Civil War
The Battle of Orange Court House: Mounted Mayhem in the Streets
Much-maligned Yankee cavalry finally got the best of its Confederate rivals
Pocketful of Death
In 1993 a United Nations force of Canadian and French peacekeepers was tasked with creating a buffer zone between warring Serbs and Croats. It came too late
Book Review: MacArthur’s Air Force
Bill Yenne examines how Douglas MacArthur effectively wielded airpower during from World War II through the Korean War
