Warfare History
Knight Tales: The 9 Greatest Knights of the Middle Ages
The knight in shining armor and the damsel in distress are two of the Middle Age’s most enduring clichés. Through…
The Mysterious Loss of a U.S. Submarine on a Spy Mission
Considering the hazardous depths that submarines regularly operate in, the United States' submarine fleet has an astonishing safety record. Since…
Life on the Edge: 8 Harrowing Tales from the American Frontier
The founding and development of the United States of America certainly didn’t happen overnight, nor did it occur without bloodshed…
12 of the Greatest Military Bluffs in History
Brawn is useful, but is not always sufficient on its own: sometimes a healthy dose of bull, or bluffing, is…
34 Photos of the Oka Mohawk Crisis of 1990
The Oka Crisis was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada,…
The Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bomb Blasts
Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived not one, but both atomic bombs dropped by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima…
12 Momentous Cancelled Military Operations
History is determined not only by great deeds done but also by deeds not done and courses not taken. Nowhere…
The Bloody Ground: The Death and Destruction of 12 Civil Wars
Civil wars challenge cultural norms, government, and military tactics. Defined as war within the same nation, civil wars rarely occur…
A Bloody Legacy: 12 Steps in the Evolution of Historic Terrorist Organizations
Terrorist groups that relied on violence to intimidate societies and governments in order to achieve political, ideological, or religious aims,…
Forget the Artists: The Top 8 Military Generals of the Renaissance
Most people learned about the Renaissance in school in the standard format that showed the greats in the arts like…