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The Glorious First of June Broke One Of The Rules By Which We Understand Battles

Andrew Knighton

The Glorious First of June broke one of the rules by which we understand battles – that there can be only one winner. After the…

The Storm That Saved Washington From The British In 1814

Shahan Russell

In 1814, several European armies invaded France to put an end to Napoleon – the very year that the British attacked the American capital, Washington,…

Under Attack By 300 Taliban, Wounded SSgt Carter Repeatedly Crossed 100yrds Of Open Ground To Resupply Perimeter & Coordinate Defense

The Battle of Kamdesh would be one of the costliest battles for the Americans of the entire Afghanistan conflict and see an American outpost partially…

Frederick the Great, Defeating A Superior Enemy: Leuthen, 1757

Jack Beckett

The snow muffled all sound save the moan of the wind. The winter skeletons of trees showed black against the blank canvas. Grey sky heavy…

“Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell, Rode the six hundred” – By Mistake

The Charge of the Light Brigade was a relatively minor engagement, in a single battle of a rather pointless war, that was put under a…

Starving Their Own Men: Britain’s Epic Supply Failure in the Crimea

Andrew Knighton

The very least a soldier expects when sent on a campaign is to be fed, clothed and given the necessary equipment to carry out their…

Dr Sanjay Gupta Drill Bit Surgery To Save Marine Shot In The Head In Iraq

In 2003, the US invaded Iraq, allegedly because it had weapons of mass destruction. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, author, neurosurgeon, and medical correspondent for CNN, was…

Medal of Honor: The Man War Couldn’t Kill, Jumps On Two Grenades, Falls Out of An Airplane. Survives

Jeff Edwards

For many young people, the outbreak of the greatest War this planet had ever seen would come just a little too early for them to…

To Throw His Grenade He Crawled To Within 5 Meters of Taliban Sniper When He Was Hit By A Bullet And Killed By His Own Grenade, Awarded VC

Not all war stories have a happy ending and, in fact, one might make the case that most do not. This is ever truer when…

Killed By Friendly Fire, He Charged Alone Into A Cornfield To Silence Taliban, His Body Was Found Next To 3 Dead Enemies

Jeff Edwards

The Victoria Cross is the United Kingdom’s highest military honor and one of the most esteemed recognitions for gallantry in combat in the global military…

Kamikaze Pilots: Japan’s Suicide Squad in WWII

Guest Author

  “Transcend life and death. Eliminate all thoughts about your life and your death. Only then you will disregard your earthly life totally. You will…

The sniper who managed to kill an enemy with a half-mile sniper shot which curved 56 feet (17 m.) in the air before hitting the target

Jack Beckett

Corporal Matt Hughes, a crack shot with the Royal Marines, was ordered to take out an Iraqi who was holding back an important advance during…