In the winter and spring of 1943, after their terrible defeat in Stalingrad, clearly outnumbered and losing the initiative in the eastern front, Hitler and the German High Command were asking themselv...
June of 1778, General Washington is planning to attack General Sir Henry Clinton and his troops as they march from Philadelphia to New York. Washington sent 5,000 men with Major General Charles Lee to...
Operation Market Garden: Battle of Arnhem
With German forces on the run following the Allied success at Normandy and the breakout and pursuit across France, Allied forces were staged to enter Germany in late summer 1944. Both Field Marshal Mo...
Pearl Harbor – Address to the Nation
In the United States back in 1941, the nation was already under stress. The nation survived the baby boom, but also just suffered the “Great Depression” which led American’s to being on their to...
Texas History: The Battle of the Alamo
The siege and the final assault on the Alamo in 1836 constitute the most celebrated military engagement in Texas history. The battle was conspicuous for the large number of illustrious personalities a...
The 2nd Battle of Ypres, April 1915
The second battle of Ypres, Belgium April, 1915 involved the allied troops and the German Troops. Faltenhayn (German chief of general staff) had a big hand in starting this battle. Poison gas was intr...