Brain Buckets, Tin Hats, and Steel Pots: Helmets Have Improved Over Nearly a Century of Use
It’s hard not to get a sickening feeling, staring at photographs of all the gallant young soldiers, resplendent in their …
Conflicts & Operations
The Christmas Truce, 1914
The Imperial War Museum photograph captures the oddity of the Christmas Truce, where British and German troops met in no …
Hitler’s Winter Blunder
On Nov. 8, 1941, Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels published an article in the magazine Reich that called …
Early Days of World War I Aviation l Photos
These recently released Library of Congress photographs, part of the the George Grantham Bain Collection, show World War I aviation …
Activating War Plans Rainbow 5 and Indigo 3
September 1941 was a watershed month for neutral America’s military policy. Prior to June 1941, in an acknowledgment of Japanese …
Operation Torch: YBSOB Decoded
One of the most critical issues facing the Allies in 1942 was where to open a second front in the …
William J. Donovan and the Office of Strategic Services
“Strategy, without information upon which it can rely, is helpless. Likewise, information is useless unless it is intelligently directed …
Reservist Helps Treat PTSD With Equine Therapy
U.S. Department of Defense press release by Air Force Staff Sgt. Frank J. Casciotta
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tanesha …
ARSOF in Support of Interagency Partners
Army special operations forces (ARSOF) provide strategic value to the nation through a unique set of capabilities and approaches that …
The Americans on D-Day | Photos
On the anniversary of D-Day, we bring to you a selection of photographs as seen in The Americans on D-Day: …