Military history - Topics

What actually ended the Hundred Years' War for England? How intelligence failures rewrite doctrine AirLand Battle and the doctrine that won the Gulf War Dien Bien Phu: how artillery on the hills beat a fortress Frozen conflicts and the states that live inside them Why D-Day required a plan longer than the battle What did the Iran-Iraq War leave behind in the region? Why do civil wars last so much longer than wars between states? The Chaco War was fought over a border nobody really wanted Total war and the home front: when an entire economy becomes a weapon Gettysburg: the high-water mark and the mistake at the center What went wrong for the French at Agincourt? The Winter War showed how a small army can bleed a giant Low-intensity conflict wears down armies more than battles do Delay and withdrawal: trading ground for time on purpose Stalingrad was decided street by street and stairwell by stairwell Midway: five minutes that changed the Pacific Iwo Jima and the cost of taking a fortress island The Somme and the arithmetic of attacking entrenched positions How do curators decide which objects make it into the main exhibit hall? Swords and crowns on a medal tell you which century the tradition came from Why are so many older decorations shaped like a cross? The Peninsula campaign and the politics of advance How the Spartans held Thermopylae for three days Air power alone rarely decides a war The 21-gun salute is not the same thing as a three-volley salute The Doolittle Raid was about morale and not damage Why is the infantry branch color blue and the cavalry color yellow? The Blue Max and why Germany stopped awarding it Kursk: the tank battle that was really an engineering contest Border skirmishes that nearly became wars Why attrition strategies are so seductive and so costly