Wars
Alpine Armageddon?
One thousand German officers and men captured in the “Alpine Redoubt” are marching back over the mountain road that they once defended in Austria. This map shows the U.S. Ninth Army’s plan for the advance to Berlin. The final operations of the Western Allied armies in Germany between 19 April and 7 May 1945. The battle maps of Germany, filled…
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The Kobukson or “Turtle Ship
Korean fleet led by Yi Sun Sin. The Battle of Noryang, 18 November 1598, occurred when a Japanese fleet led by the Shimazu clan tried to break through the blockade. Although the Shimazu fleet was severely damaged by the combined Chinese-Korean fleet, the Japanese Sunch’on garrison was evacuated. Yi Sun…
The Second World War and the Viet Minh
Hồ Chí Minh (fifth from left, standing) with the OSS in 1945. The Viet Minh led the resistance against the Japanese and the French. During the war, they worked with officers of the OSS who had been sent to Vietnam to help organize guerrilla efforts against the Japanese. The Viet…
The United States of American Invasion of Mexico
Clockwise from top left: Winfield Scott entering Plaza de la Constitución after the Fall of Mexico City, U.S. soldiers engaging the retreating Mexican force during the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, American victory at Churubusco outside Mexico City, U.S. Marines storming Chapultepec castle under a large American flag, Battle…
After Bunker Hill…
British Attack on Breed’s Hill: Battle of Bunker Hill on 17th June 1775. General Washington received details of the Battle of Bunker Hill from couriers as he began a ten-day journey with his staff and an escort of five hundred militia on June 23. Crossing heavily Loyalist New Jersey, he…
The Iroquois and the European North American ‘empires’ I
The character of the French and British North American “empires” differed greatly. Although the French did war against the Iroquois, Natchez, Fox, and other tribes, they did not “conquer” New France; they merely paid very high tolls to the Indians for the privilege of exploiting it. Beyond their narrow ribbon…
The Iroquois and the European North American ‘empires’ II
Land of the Iroquois By Robert Griffing New France sealed the peace by dispatching priests to the Five Nations. There they found a ready audience among the hundreds of former mission Indians who had been dragged as captives to Iroquoia, as well as scores of converts among the native born.…