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Photo of evacuation of a firebase, Vietnam 1968.

What Was the Concept Behind Fire Bases in Vietnam?

by David T. Zabecki5/9/20235/11/2023

Similar to the 19th-century fort concept, fire support bases in Vietnam could reinforce each other across long distances with powerful effects.

Photo of North Vietnamese troops during an assault on a South Vietnamese paratroop base at Laos during the Vietnam War.

How Did Vietnamese Forces Block U.S. Firepower? With a Hug.

by Warren Wilkins2/14/20232/17/2023

Explore the Life of a U.S. Infantryman in Vietnam

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher1/18/20224/26/2022

Gunpowder Weapons in Medieval Europe

by Robert C. L. Holmes9/10/20219/14/2021

A Lesson from the Boers

by Bruce I. Gudmundsson10/10/20182/12/2019

6 Questions | Author Erich B. Anderson

by Claire Barrett2/21/20172/23/2017

Cougar on the Loose: A Trick from WWII Averts Tragedy Over Southern California

by Craig A. Thorson1/17/20176/2/2017

Why Hannibal Lost

by Richard A. Gabriel5/1/20165/18/2017

Why Germany’s Kriegsmarine Lost the Battle of the Atlantic

by Williamson Murray4/28/20152/12/2019

Victory of a New Order: The Battle of Falkirk

by Chuck Lyons2/12/20138/20/2013