Old Ironsides vs Guerriere: How a Single Sea Fight Boosted a Young Navy’s Confidence
A story of a wooden frigate under fire, a nickname earned in cannon smoke, and a young navy learning it could stand toe-to-toe with the world’s best.
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Opening Shock: How Stealth and Precision Air Strikes Crippled Iraqi Command
A story of stealth jets, precision strikes, and a regime suddenly in the dark, and how it changed the wider war.
Perry on Lake Erie: How a Scratch-Built Fleet Beat the Royal Navy Close to Shore
A story of improvised shipbuilding, close-range gunnery, and how one day on a freshwater lake reshaped the struggle for the American Northwest.
Pickets in Harm’s Way: How Small Ships Took the Brunt at Okinawa
A story of small ships on lonely stations, taking the worst hits so the Okinawa invasion could hold together under fire.
Private First Class Leonard C. Brostrom: The Scout Who Wouldn’t Stop
Medal of Honor, U.S. Army, World War II
Racing for Remagen: How One Intact Bridge Opened the Door Into Germany
A story of a shattered defensive line, a race against explosives, and the one intact bridge that cracked open the last barrier into Germany.
Thunder in the Streets: How Armored Spearheads Broke Saddam’s Regime in Days
A story of armored columns driving straight into a capital and how a handful of tank battalions helped topple a regime in days.
Torpedoes in the Shipping Lanes: How U.S. Submariners Fought a Hidden War in the Pacific
A story of a silent campaign against merchant ships and how it helped choke an island empire’s war effort.
“Underway on Nuclear Power”: USS Nautilus and the Birth of the Nuclear Navy
A story of nuclear propulsion, undersea endurance, and how one boat reshaped the Cold War at sea.
Beyond the Call: Captain Francis B. Wai at Red Beach, Leyte, 1944
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Pacific war.
Cambrai: The First Great Tank Offensive
To mark the release of my new book, Cambrai: The First Great Tank Offensive, the first volume in the Famous Tank Battles series, this article looks back at the battle that helped reveal the future of mechanized warfare. Fought in November Nineteen Seventeen, Cambrai was not simply a dramatic debut for the tank on a large scale. It was a battlefield experiment in surprise, coordination, technology, and adaptation, whe
Arnold L. Bjorklund
Arnold L. Bjorklund — First Lieutenant U.S. Army World War II Altavilla, Italy
Carl Vernon Sheridan
Carl Vernon Sheridan — Private First Class U.S. Army World War II Frenzenberg Castle, Weisweiler, Germany
James Phillip Connor
James Phillip Connor — Sergeant U.S. Army World War II Cape Cavalaire, Southern France, France
Joseph Raymond Sarnoski
Joseph Raymond Sarnoski — Second Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Corps World War II over the Buka area, Solomon Islands
Ted Takayuki Tanouye
Ted Takayuki Tanouye — Technical Sergeant U.S. Army World War II near Molino A Ventoabbto, Italy
Unknown Soldier of Belgium
Unknown Soldier of Belgium — Not documented Unknown World War I Not documented
Unknown Soldier of France
Unknown Soldier of France — Not documented Unknown World War I Not documented