The Battle of Pharsalus: How Caesar Won a Civil War While Outnumbered Two to One
The Battle of Pharsalus was one of the most important in Julius Caesar’s career. Fought on the 9th of August 48 BC, it was the…
10 Interesting Facts On the Race to Berlin
The advance on Berlin in early 1945 didn’t only mark the final stage of World War Two in Europe. It also saw the first open…
Charge Of The Light Brigade: Britain’s most famous Military Disaster
Storm’d at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred…
6 Facts About Admiral Yamamoto, Pearl Harbor Planner Who Believed Japan Would Lose
The man who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, was an unusual and contradictory figure. A man with peaceful international connections around…
The 4 Types of Men Who Fought for Napoleon
The awesome power of the Napoleonic Empire was built on the blood and courage of millions of soldiers. Though Napoleon is remembered as an icon…
Fromelles: The Worst 24 Hours In Australia’s Entire History – July 19th 1916
Horrifying loss was the defining feature of the First World War. For much of 1916, the focus of that horror on the Western Front was…
8 Reasons for the French Military Disaster at Dien Bien Phu
Arrogance. Ignorance. Poor planning. These were the weapons with which French commanders fought the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and with which they ensured their…
5 Ways We Know About the Roman Army
Given the circumstances, we know an amazing amount about the ancient Roman army. Over 1500 years after the fall of the Roman Empire fell, we…
9 Reasons World War I Became Inevitable
The First World War was a conflict of unprecedented scale and destructiveness. Though its impact was unexpected, the arrival of war itself was not. Though…
The Battle of Pliska – a Byzantine military disaster
Though they clung to the name of the Roman Empire, the Byzantines never achieved the glory of their predecessors. Theirs was an empire in slow…
4 Great British doctors of the First World War
Success in war is as much about avoiding death as about inflicting it. In modern warfare, doctors, nurses and field medics are as vital to…
Maurice Gamelin and the Fall of France 1940
The French Were Led by Maurice Gamelin At the start of the Second World War, the French general staff were led by General Maurice Gamelin,…