Early Modern | War History

These Four Humble Soldiers Helped Shaped Napoleon into a Great Leader

Napoleon Bonaparte was no ordinary Joe. His family were minor nobles from Corsica, and he was always destined to a more privileged life than 99%…

Fighting Joe Hooker – One of the Weirdest Generals of the American Civil War

Fighting Joe Hooker is one of the stranger figures of the American Civil War. As a general, he was aggressive in both his outlook and…

Napoleon – The Great Conqueror Should Have Lost in Italy

From 1792 to 1797, France fought a multi-fronted war against the First Coalition, the first of many attempts to bring the revolutionary nation to heel.…

The Slave Who Stole A Confederate Ship, Met President Lincoln & Bought His Master’s House

In 1862, Robert Smalls stole a Confederate ship, gave it to the Union Army, freed slaves, and met President Abraham Lincoln. After the war, he…

How Napoleon Managed His Vast Armies

The wars fought by Napoleon Bonaparte were like nothing that had ever come before. His armies were vast in scale and constant in their activity,…

Siege of Vienna: Led by a Mercenary, This Desperate Army Turned the Tide on the Ottoman Empire

For four hundred years, the Crusades had seen European powers take war deep into lands far from home, under the banner of Christianity. The clash…

Powerful Orders Of Medieval Knights And What Made Each One Distinct

Andrew Knighton

Combining knightly warfare and a monastic lifestyle, the knightly crusading orders were one of the strongest institutions of medieval Europe. Through them, men sought a…

The beginning of the end for the Teutonic Knights, Grunwald 1410

Jack Beckett

For more than two hundred years the might of the Order of Teutonic Knights had been steadily growing. It was forged in 1190, in the…

Napoleon’s Great Military Innovations Might Not Have Been As Original They Seemed

The success of Napoleon Bonaparte stands as a testament to his extraordinary talent as a general. For twenty years, his armies dominated the battlefields of…

It Took A Huge Effort To Keep Armies Supplied During The Hundred Years War

Andrew Knighton

Far from home and at constant threat of attack, the armies of the Hundred Years War between England and France were reliant on supply lines…

Who Led The Knights And How: Military Leadership In The Hundred Years War

Andrew Knighton

The Hundred Years War was one of the most protracted wars of the Middle Ages. For over a century, the French and English monarchies battled…

The Night Attack – Vlad The Impaler Ambushes The Ottoman Sultan

Jack Beckett

Mehmet II, known as Mehmet the Conqueror, was one of the greatest military commanders of his day. The Ottoman Empire under his rule was vast,…