Warfare History
24 Photographs of the Kristallnacht Destruction of 1938
Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, was a destructive riot targeting Jews throughout Nazi Germany on November 9-10, 1938 carried…
Miracle at Dunkirk: 6 Reasons Why a Certain WWII Slaughter Turned into a Dramatic Rescue
May 26, 1940, marked the beginning of ‘Operation Dynamo,' the rescue of the defeated British Expeditionary Force and the French…
21 Dramatic Photographs of the Croatian War of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 to create a sovereign Croatia. Croatia had been imbedded…
The German Youth Gangs That Battled the Nazis During World War II
From an early age, Hans Steinbrück struggled to find a place for himself within German society. Born in 1921 and…
“Death is Nothing”: The 7 Stages of Napoleon’s Rise to Power
To some he's the greatest leader France ever had; to others he's a warmongering tyrant. Very few figures from history…
22 Photographs of the Falklands War
The Falklands War was a ten-week conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over two British territories off the southern…
The Advance of the Mongols: 6 Campaigns That Built the World’s Largest Land Empire
At the end of the twelfth century the Mongols were a tribal people. They led a nomadic life centered on…
Ancient Warfare: 8 of the Greatest Warrior Cultures of Ancient Times
10,000 years ago, a group of rival hunter-gatherers fought on the shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya’s Rift Valley. The…
32 Photographs of Hitler’s Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, starting June 22, 1941. The Nazi’s…
The Tools of War: 10 Deadly Infantry Weapons of WWII
World War II still holds the ominous distinction of being the deadliest conflict in human history, with official estimates placing…