Vietnam War
R&R on the Beaches of South Vietnam
Troops in Vietnam blow off some steam during their one-year tour of duty
American Civil War
Asleep at the Gap
In 1862 Union general John Pope had a chance to cut the Confederate army in half. He blew it.
Europe
Finding the Past and Present at Waterloo
Waterloo Uncovered, a charity for military veterans, sends its members on excavations at the battle site of Waterloo, and come across some unexpected finds
WWII Battles
Assault on the Citadel: Patton’s troops crush a large enemy force at Saint-Malo
Adolf Hitler saw Saint-Malo as a linchpin of the Atlantic Wall. The Allies reduced it to rubble
World War II
The Military Genius Behind D-Day’s Do-It-All Tanks
Superiors branded him “difficult.” Yet Percy Hobart was just the kind of genius the Allies desperately needed.
Military History Quarterly
The Origins of Restraint
The medieval period’s faltering and largely unsuccessful steps to constrain the worst excesses of war were an important beginning.
WWII Figures
DC Comics Author Pays Homage to His Uncle, a D-Day Hero
Bestselling author Robert Vinditti latest comic creation tells the story of American paratroopers badly misdropped on D-Day who fought in the June 10-12, 1944
WWII Battles
A Look Back at D-Day…
A photographic retrospective of history's largest amphibious operation
Vietnam War
They Shot the War
An alternative newspaper for American GIs in Vietnam offered some raw glimpses into the conflict
World War I
From Ambulance Driver to Fighter Pilot
In 1914, as World War I erupted across Europe, James “Mac” McConnell knew he could no longer stay on the sidelines
WWII Figures
‘This Is What Hell Is Like’: 74 Years Ago, My Grandfather-in-Law Liberated the Dachau Concentration Camp
It was April 29, 1945, a cold, damp day when a 19-year-old private and his fellow soldiers got orders to liberate a Nazi concentration camp called Dachau.
World War I
How Great Britain’s Secret Disinformation Campaign Paid Off In World War I
In 1914, days after it declared war on Germany, Great Britain set up a secret propaganda bureau to help defeat the enemy
American Civil War
Lincoln’s Magician
In 1864 Harry Cooke performed for the president. Soon he was spying for the Union army
WWII Figures
Conversation with Dick Cole, the Last of the Doolittle Raiders
A conversation with Dick Cole who copiloted the lead B-25 with Doolittle in the famous 1942 raid...
