Bad Leadership, Old Tactics, & Modern Hardware Cause Carnage on the Eastern Front in WWI
The Brusilov offensive was Russia’s greatest military triumph of World War One, but also the scene of one of that nation’s most misguided and disastrous…
The Battle Of The Somme Was One Of The Bloodiest Battles In Human History
The Battle of the Somme is one of the bloodiest battles in human history. Lasting three and a half months, it was one of the…
The Second Battle Of Ypres: An Extraordinary Defense In The Face Of Poison Gas
The Belgian town of Ypres was the site of the fiercest fighting of the First World War. A series of battles left the town deserted,…
Leading by Example: John J. Pershing, Prime Mentor for Future US Army Generals
The United States greatest leaders, including Patton, Truman, and MacArthur, spent the formative years of their military careers under the command of General of the…
The Gallipoli Campaign, 1915 – A Bloody And Terrible Ground Invasion
In November 1914, Turkey entered the First World War on the side of the Central Powers. It was a disappointment for Britain and France, who…
The Early Days Of Drones – Unmanned Aircraft From World War One And World War Two
Unmanned aerial vehicles, popularly known as drones, are most often associated with airstrikes in modern warfare, but their history goes much further back than that.…
The Man Who Spared Hitler’s Life In WWI & Changed The World Forever
The History of War will always be about that which we know for certain, that which we have reason to believe, and that which will…
French And British Tanks Changed The Face Of Warfare In WWI, But Germany Did Not Realise Their Value Until The End Of The War
During WWI, military designers created the first tanks which changed the face of warfare. Not every nation, however, embraced them with the same level of…
HMS Audacious: The Only Super-Dreadnought Sunk in WWI – By A German Naval Mine
The biggest, most advanced, most expensive, and most daunting war machinery of World War I was the super-dreadnought battleship. These great sea beasts were near…
The European Powers Were Rapidly Developing Ground-Breaking New Strategies In World War One
The beginning of WWI was dictated by carefully developed strategies and their failure in the face of reality. The diplomatic and strategic plans of the…
Fast And Adaptable Air Power – Britain’s Bristol Fighter Planes
Starting from a Racer The first in Britain’s series of Bristol fighter planes was the Bristol Scout, which entered service early in WWI. The Scout…
How 50 German Sailors Sailed, Marched And Rowed Home From A Tiny Island Halfway Around The World
The Keeling Islands are little more than overgrown coral reefs, but in 1914 they saw the beginning of one the most epic adventure stories of…