Operation Typhoon: The German Army Attempt to Capture Moscow
The map of the Eastern Front in Adolf Hitler’s bunker, the Wolfsschanze (Wolf’s Lair), in Rastenburg, East Prussia, revealed the …
Conflicts & Operations
“CHARGE!” Philippine Scouts and the Last Horse Cavalry Charge of the U.S. Army
On Jan. 3, 1942, Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma’s 14th Japanese Army captured the Philippine capital of Manila and was threatening …
Sgt. Stubby
The use of dogs in war has a history reaching back to ancient times. The most famous American war dog …
The Falklands War in Retrospect
It is now more than 30 years since the Argentineans seized the Falklands, one of the last British colonies, and …
Operation Chariot
There is a memorial on the quay in the port of Falmouth, on the southwest tip of England, just 3 …
Army Recommends Desertion Charge for Bowe Bergdahl
DoD News, Defense Media Activity
After thorough review of the Army investigation surrounding Sgt. Robert Bowdrie Bergdahl’s 2009 disappearance in …
Wingate, the Chindits and Operation Longcloth
On Feb. 8, 1943, 3,000 British, Gurkha, and Burmese troops – organized into seven columns of approximately 400 men each …
Aircraft Carrier Evolution
The USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) is the latest chapter in a carrier story which began almost a century …
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF): Special Operations Forces and the Liberation of Iraq
Special operations forces (SOF) have been at the forefront of post-Cold War military operations, a trend that has only …
Ships of NATO’s SNMG2 Exercise With Allies in Black Sea
NATO ships of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) began a deployment to the Black Sea earlier this month to …