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Although the U.S. Army had state-of-the-art combined arms doctrine on paper, it had not practiced it as well as needed in live training exercises. More. |
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The bocage fighting is worth remembering for what it demonstrates about the United States Army in World War II, and its ability to adapt, improvise, and overcome. More. |
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The U.S. Navy's FA-18B Super Hornet is adapted to "go green" with a mix of jet fuel and . . . salad dressing. More. |
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The remains of a wealthy urban settlement about a thousand years earlier than Sumer has gradually emerged. It also also shows evidence of organized violence on a large scale. More. |
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Google Earth now has photos from 1930's and 1940's showing the devastation of World War II in selected European cities. More. |
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Want a look at the first installment of the U.S. Army's official report on the war in Afghanistan, October 2001 – September 2005? More. |
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Did a Japanese mini-sub launch a torpedo which struck a battleship during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941? That is the premise of a new episode of NOVA, the prestigious science program on PBS. More. |
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Why didn't Hitler have his military use poison gas against cities or troop formations, when he showed no other sign of restraint? More. |
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As the war in Afghanistan escalates, Great History blogger Major Chris Heatherly looks at the Anglo-Zulu War of the late 19th century for modern-day lessons. More. |
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Paul Davis wraps up his interview with author Ben Macintyre by asking him about the similarities between Agent Zigzag and James Bond. More. |
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The British actor Richard Todd portrayed Major John Howard in the film The Longest Day, and Howard must have approved of the choice. Why? More. |
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As Christmas approaches, Richard Lowry reminds us of the fifth anniversary of the urban battle in the infamous Fallujah. More. |
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In Part II of Paul Davis' interview with author Ben Macintyre we learn that good and evil are not mutually exclusive qualities. More. |
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Turns out the Air Force made some smart equipment buys, as good or better than the Army's. That round of aircraft procurement decisions in the 1970s provided the Air Force with the material foundation for a world-class fighting organization. More. |
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An excerpt from the historical novel Puller's Runner, about the career of Lt. Gen. Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller, America's most decorated Marine, told through the eyes of a fictional company runner. More. |
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A look at the flare up of fighting in Yemen. More. |
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The enormous effectiveness of the US Army in the 1990s and 2000s was due in part to some very good procurement decisions made in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It's not easy to keep catching lightning in a bottle. The procurement decisions made in the next twenty years, in retrospect, seem less inspired. More. |
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A story of battle in the infamous war-torn city of Fallujah, Iraq. The Iraqis refer to it as the New Dawn. More. |
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The mass media has put forth some effort to use this Veterans Day period to honor service people. It’s also a good time to review the programs and projects with timely themes, of which there have been several in the past year.
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Flying a bomber over Nazi-occupied Europe was by its nature a dangerous business, but some of the problems might have been avoidable. More. |
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Romantic images of handsome flyboys sailing off into the "wild blue yonder,” dropping their bombs on the Nazis, and returning to base for a well-deserved Scotch don't take into account the high American casualty rate over Europe in WWII. More. |
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Was LTC L. W. Andrew's decision to withdraw his New Zealand battalion from Hill 107 during the Crete campaign incompetence or cowardice - or neither? More. |
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Studying the causes of the Nepali Civil War can teach us much about how insurgencies gain momentum and eventually, power. More. |
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