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Vendetta: Athens vs. Sicily
When Athens sent a massive invasion fleet against Syracuse, it could not have anticipated the merciless Sicilian vendetta that followed
Athens invaded Sicily in 415 BC with soaring hopes and bold—albeit ill-defined—ambitions.…
‘I’m Going to Get that Gun’
A company of the 3rd Marine Division was patrolling in South Vietnam’s A Shau Valley on Feb. 22, 1969, when it was ambushed. A mortar round struck the command group, seriously wounding the platoon leader and others. A young…
Operation Barbarossa – Definition, Summary & WWII
On June 22, 1941, Germany launched its invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, codenamed Operation Barbarossa. Nazi leader Adolf Hitlerpredicted a quick victory, but after initial success, the brutal campaign dragged on and…
The Origins of Restraint
The medieval period’s faltering and largely unsuccessful steps to constrain the worst excesses of war were an important beginning.
LAWS OF WAR IN THE MODERN SENSE DID NOT EMERGE IN EUROPE until well after the terrible wars of…
Military History Book Review: Churchill’s Bunker
The best niche histories teach readers new information about oft-covered events, and this World War II account of Winston Churchill’s underground headquarters is an admirable example.
During World War I, writes veteran British military…
Jenna Coleman Set to Play Joan Bright, the Real-Life Inspiration Behind Miss Moneypenny, in Upcoming…
The extraordinary life of Joan Bright, the woman who worked in Winston Churchill’s secret underground bunker during WWII, is soon to hit the small screen in The War Rooms.
Deadline reports that the series “will follow Bright…
He Went from NYC to Vietnam to Deliver Beer During a War — Now His Story is Coming to the Big Screen
John “Chick” Donahue will forever hold the title of the greatest beer run in world history. The year was 1967, and typical of many of the best military stories, Donahue’s incredible tale of hops-inspired friendship began in a…
World War II Battles: Timeline
With Adolf Hitler leading a German invasion of Poland in 1939, World War IIwas launched, a deadly global conflict waged across Europe and the Pacific until 1945. Bloody battles raged between the Allied powers, which included Britain,…
The Bahamas During the Civil War
Readers holding the moonlight-and-magnolia vision of blockade running during the Civil War as the patriotic actions of intrepid sea dogs selflessly smuggling critical war materials into Southern ports had best read Charles D.…
Civil War Times Reviews: Breaking the Blockade
Readers holding the moonlight-and-magnolia vision of blockade running during the Civil War as the patriotic actions of intrepid sea dogs selflessly smuggling critical war materials into Southern ports had best read Charles D.…