More Bombs Were Dropped on Laos during the Secret War Than on All Countries Combined during WWII
The Laotian Civil War remains one of the lesser known conflicts in Southeast Asia during 1970, due to the secretive nature of its belligerents and…
The Youngest & Oldest Living Medal of Honor Recipients Both Jumped on Live Grenades
Call it a unique lineage only those who have worn a uniform could understand, but military heroism is part of the esprit de corps which…
Legendary British WW2 Field Marshal Montgomery – “Indomitable in retreat, invincible in advance, insufferable in victory”
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, widely known as Monty, was the foremost British commander of the Second World War. Popular with his troops, he was less…
Before the Tank, Many Different Weird Armed Fighting Vehicles Were Developed
The arrival of the tank was a significant development of WWI. The first successful purpose-built fighting vehicle, they added a devastating new element to warfare and…
Tito’s Top Secret Underground Airbase Zeljava
Given that Zeljava is a huge complex of underground and overground military facilities, it has been quite a challenge to write an article about it.…
Teddy Roosevelt & The Charge of the Rough Riders at the Battle of San Juan Heights
Roosevelt’s Rough Riders had been taking fire all morning. They were pinned down, lying flat in the negligible cover of the reeds, rushes and tall…
The English Navy Full of Drunkenness, Disorder and the Plague: The Cadiz Fiasco of 1625
The English navy has a reputation as a force to be reckoned with from the 16th century onwards. But in the early 17th century it…
The Rapid Rise of Naval Air Power Over Two World Wars
An aircraft carrier and its complement of planes is perhaps the most powerful military formation in the modern world. With it, a nation can reach…
He’s Called The Ghost, Has The Same Medal Count As Audie Murphy, And Is Virtually Unknown
By the time a man earns seven Purple Hearts and lives to talk about it, he could either be described as one of the luckiest…
Operations Manual From ancient times to the beginning of the gunpowder age – Review by Mark Barnes
We start with a disclaimer: I live in a country that has a lot of castles and I have visited some of them. It’s a…
How HMS Speedy Captured The El Gamo, Which Was 3 Times Her Size & Had 5 Times Her Crew
On March 28th, 1800, a Scottish aristocrat took command of the small Brig-Sloop HMS Speedy, based at Port Mahon. The Scotsman, Thomas Cochrane, was an…
The Most Terrible, Deadliest Sieges Before the 19th Century
Sieges throughout history were awful affairs. Unlike Field Battles, Sieges involved civilians, as well as numerous ways to die over long periods of time. Starvation…