38 - Guns of the Askari

Volume 10, Issue 2 (#38) Guns of the Askari

In March, 1919, a man on a black horse led 120 officers through Brandenburg Gate, wearing tattered tropical uniforms, on the only “victory” parade German troops would have after WWI. He was Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, who kept tens of thousands of Commonwealth troops chasing him around East Africa instead of helping out on the Western Front....

39 - These Brave Fellows

Volume 10, Issue 3 (#39) These Brave Fellows

In 1805, with the French juggernaut pouring across Austria and advancing down on both sides of the Danube river towards Vienna, Napoleon formed a small provisional corps under Marshal Adolphe Mortier, the tallest man in the French Marshalate, to sweep along the northern bank while being supported by the large cavalry corps of Marshal Joachim Murat.

Defending Russian Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov had enough information to realize that the French had blundered badly and set a trap....

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42 - A Thunder Upon the Land

Volume 11, Issue 2 (#42) A Thunder upon the Land

When war started, it resembled something Frederick the Great would face, a “everyone against one country” conflict that saw Russia joined by Denmark/Norway and a Saxon-Poland-Lithuania combination, with others joining later, all seeking to take advantage of Sweden's 18-year old Charles XII—who was perceived to be weak and inexperienced. Like Frederick, he would parry multiple invasions and survive. Unlike Frederick, he would launch a serious invasion deep into Russia….

43 - Islands of the Damned

Volume 11, Issue 3 (#43) Islands of the Damned

No two conflicts show the breath and scope of warfare in the Pacific than the battle for Wake Island and the Invasion of Peleliu. Both campaigns tell a very similar story about the high price of hubris and the quality of courage.

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