Category: Battles and Battlefields
Operation Desert Storm: The Battle That Changed Modern Warfare Forever
Operation Desert Storm changed modern warfare as we know it. Newly-introduced stealth technologies, GPS, advanced aircraft radar and missile warning systems employed by the US…
Lyle Bouck’s 22-Man Unit Held Off Hundreds of Germans During the Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was one of the most important offensives of the Second World War. The final major offensive launched by the Axis…
How ‘The Lord of the Rings’ was Forged in the Battle of the Somme
J.R.R. Tolkien is well known for creating the iconic high-fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. But before he was a famous…
The Battle of Athens: When Armed Veterans Overthrew a Corrupt Local Government
When Bill White and his fellow GIs returned to their homes in Athens, Tennessee at the end of WWII, they were greeted with a welcome…
The Hundred Years’ War: 116 Years of Battle
The Hundred Years’ War might be one of the most important conflicts of the Middle Ages. Despite the name, it was fought over the period…
Who Conquered Mount Everest First? A 100-Year-Old Discovery May Prove It Wasn’t Edmund Hillary
It was long believed that Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas. Nearly…
Tensions Between American and Australian Troops Led to the Battle of Brisbane
During World War II, the American forces had their hands full with fighting the Germans in Europe and the Imperial Japanese Army in the Pacific.…
New Discovery Seen as Further Evidence That Wreck Off the Coast of Rhode Island Is Captain Hook’s HMS Endeavour
In 1778, the ship of one of the most celebrated explorers in the modern world was sunk off the coast of Rhode Island. The HMS…