Riverview students see glimpse of history at military museum (Fort Morgan Times) A group of students from Riverview Christian School in Brush started their study of World War I with a look at real-life military history Wednesday as they toured the Dan Lewis Military Museum in Fort...
Read MoreRussia ‘ditching Cold War pacts’ (Telegraph.co.uk) Russia is steadily “unravelling” the historic arms control treaties that ended the Cold War and became cornerstones of European security, the most comprehensive survey of global military trends said...
Read MoreTake A Trip Back In Time (Northeast News & Tribune) The public is invited to the Fort Foster Rendezvous, an annual four-day event beginning Thursday that features the re-enactment of pioneer life during the mid-1800s Seminole Wars period in a military garrison at Fort...
Read MoreWorld wars sparked military activity at state park Possibly like no other time in the history of San Diego, there was a feeling of vulnerability and fear permeating all of society in early...
Read MoreAfrican American History Month Events At Chickamauga Battlefield (Chattanoogan.com) In commemoration of African American History Month, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will host events honoring the contributions of African Americans in Chattanooga during the Civil War. All activities will take place on Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center. ACG Intel Chickamauga &...
Read MoreAdolf Hitler’s ‘lost fleet’ found in Black Sea (Telegraph.co.uk) The final resting place of three German U-boats, nicknamed “Hitler’s lost fleet”, has been found at the bottom of the Black...
Read MorePhoto called ‘treasure’ of American history (Goshen News) The figure in the photograph is clad in Army fatigues, boots and helmet, lying on his back in peaceful repose, folded hands holding a military cap. Except for a thin trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth, he could be...
Read MoreFORT CHAFFEE : History lost in barracks blaze (NWAnews.com) Last week it made headlines in Arkansas when 150 shuttered World-War II-era barracks and warehouses went up in a spectacular fire fanned by high...
Read MoreWas the Civil War a Terrible Mistake? (History News Network) During Dr. Ron Paul’s recent appearance on FACE THE NATION, he suggested that the Civil War was a mistake, and he has been criticized for saying that. The topic was a minor part of the interview, and he didn’t have time to present much of a case, but fascinating questions were...
Read MoreVFW posts combine efforts to honor Vietnam vets (The Press Enterprise) (audio) Four posts of the Veterans of Foreign Wars joined to salute veterans that served 35 years ago in the Vietnam War, the longest military conflict in U.S....
Read MoreEver wondered exactly which military triumph Bangkok’s Victory Monument glorifies? (Bangkok Post: Horizons) To answer that, we have to go back in time to January of 1941, when the Thai military returned home, having snatched victory from the buttery fingers of the French in the Franco-Thai War. Read More! French-Thai War...
Read MoreCombat Camera Veteran Launches History Website, Real Military Flix (centredaily.com) New Site Showcases Rare Military Movie Archive with Films from WWI to Present Day ACG Intel RealMilitaryFlix.com Military...
Read MoreHistory buffs hunt for evidence of ‘forgotten battle’ before Alamo (MySA.com) “Remember The Alamo!” goes the popular battle cry. But for a small cadre of dogged history buffs, truth seekers still have a thing or two to learn about a lesser-known military clash that took place two decades earlier and marked the first Texas revolution. ACG Intel Battle of...
Read More"Our man in Kabul," Army Lt. Col. Doug Mastriano sends this report of recent activities of his NATO unit in Afghanistan.
Read MoreAfter Waterloo (The Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast #35) After the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon had to make a series of strategic decisions. Can he save Paris? Can he still raise an army? Is all, finally, lost? In this episode, David takes us through some of Napoleon’s thinking and actions in the days immediately following his last appearance on the battlefields of...
Read MoreLieber’s Code 3.0 (Blog Them Out of the Stone Age) David Bosco in The American Scholar has a nice precis of Lieber’s Code, the world’s first officially issued guidelines for the conduct of war. Published by the U.S. War Department at the height of the Civil War, the code takes its name from its author, the German American jurist Francis Lieber, who persuaded Union general in chief Henry W. Halleck that a set of guidelines was...
Read MoreThe Anglo-Dutch Wars (Military History Podcast) The Anglo-Dutch Wars were a series of the distinct conflicts waged between England and the United Provinces (modern-day Netherlands) in the middle years of the...
Read MoreMilitary History Museum Posts Rare Spanish-American War Information (Oyster Bay Enterprise-Pilot) Military buffs can now find the names of many New Yorkers who served in the Spanish-American War online thanks to the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs – but not all of them. ACG Intel New York in the Spanish-American War 1898 New York State Division of Military & Naval Affairs The Rough...
Read MoreIn recognition of the 40th anniversary of the 1968 Tet Offensive, publisher ABC-CLIO is featuring essays on this watershed event during the Vietnam War.
Read MoreA Man of History: From a look at a uniform, Snodgrass can tell a military story Snodgrass of Wood River has collected uniforms from nearly every branch of the U.S. military dating mostly from World War II to the Vietnam War. He has a few outside of those...
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