A. P. Hill – Lee’s Enigmatic General
A man of contradictions - both in character and action - A.P. Hill, like his mentor, Lee, abhorred slavery. And like Lee, he resigned his federal commission to serve his native state.
Read MoreJust in Time!
Wild Bill Wilder takes a look at the heroic actions of "Combeforce" in North Africa, 1941 - a fast unit with one mission in mind - prevent the Italian Army from escaping!
Read MorePasschendaele at Ninety
During 1914-18 an estimated one million soldiers died in the Ypres Salient, a bulge roughly 20km square east and south of the medieval Flanders city of Ypres.
Read MoreDefending the Imperial Fortress
In the closing days of December 1943 both sides were watching each other across the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean. After two years the war had entered a new phase.
Read MoreThe Danes Resist
On the morning of April 9, 1940, most Danes rose for breakfast not knowing they were now living in a German protectorate. Since 4 o'clock that morning, 40,000 German troops had been rolling through their land.
Read MoreThe Huaihai Campaign
The Huaihai Campaign, or the Battle of Xu-Beng, was one of the greatest battles of modern Chinese history, and of the 20th Century.
Read MoreDeja Vu The Desert Rats
Wild Bill Wilder takes a look a look back at Operation Desert Storm, and the British involvement in particular.
Read MoreKasserine Pass: Allied Defeat?
The Battle of Kasserine Pass, though depicted as a serious debacle for the Americans, can actually be looked at as an American victory, although Pyrrhic in nature.
Read MoreThe Rebellion of the United Irishmen
The day after the return of devolved government to Northern Ireland, we take a look back at the story of Irish nationalism and the struggle for independence.
Read MoreThe Panzer Graf
Generalleutnant Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche und Camminetz served Germany mostly on the East Front - he would eventually become known as simply "Der Panzer Graf (The Tank Count)."
Read MoreWehrmacht Master of Defense
General-Oberst Gotthard Heinrici had built his reputation as a brilliant defensive fighter during the disastrous winter of 1941-42 when the Soviets threw a hundred divisions at his freezing and ill-clad troops.
Read MoreBattle of Koniggratz
Koniggratz was the result of years of political maneuvering. By the mid-19th Century Prussia, previously thought of as the weakest of the German powers, was rising like a phoenix.
Read MoreBattle of Trafalgar
In October 1805, Right Hon. Lord Viscount Horatio Nelson, led the British Royal Navy to a sweeping victory over Napoleon Bonaparte’s Franco-Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar in Southern Spain.
Read MoreFliegen und Siegen
Sixty-five years ago, Hermann Goering's Luftwaffe showcased its aerial triumphs in a 1942 commemorative book of 100 stereoscopic photographs, providing a rare insider's view of the early war years.
Read MoreTannenberg – The battle that decided the fate of Eastern Europe
In one of the most decisive battles in history, the combined forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Union fought against the army of the Order of Teutonic Knights.
Read MoreACG Interview with New U.S. Commander in Iraq
President Bush’s recent announcement that he has nominated Lt. Gen David Petraeus to take over from Gen. George Casey as the top U.S. military commander in Iraq prompted us to give readers another opportunity to review our exclusive interview with Gen. Petraeus, previously published in the November 2005 issue of Armchair General magazine.
Read MoreThe Guards Return To Fight In Russia – 1941
As the older, more politically influential commanders were killed by the enemy or executed by order of STAVKA for "failure in battle", younger, more visionary officers took their place.
Read MoreThe Virginius
We take a look at the details of the "Virginius Incident" which, in November 1873, nearly sparked a war between the United States of America and Spain.
Read MoreThe First Guards Tank Brigade – 1941
After the great Communist revolution of 1917, and the institution of Marxism-Leninism in the biggest nation in the world, the military institutions of Russia went through radical change.
Read MoreTarawa – The First Day
Using the islands of the south and central Pacific as stepping stones, the American forces had begun to move inexorably toward Japan.
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