Book Review – The Americans on D-Day: A Photographic History of the Normandy Invasion
One criticism sometimes leveled at photographic histories is that they don’t go any deeper than the photographs inside. Many have …
Conflicts & Operations
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s D-Day Prayer
On the morning of June 6, 1944, as Allied forces came ashore on the invasion beaches of Utah, Omaha, Sword, …
June 6, 1944: Rangers at Pointe du Hoc
Operation Overlord, the Allies’ plan to breach Nazi Germany’s Festung Europa (Fortress Europe) at Normandy, was the largest and most …
The USS Texas (BB 35) on D-Day
For the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the U.S. Navy has released a video featuring the remembrances of sailors who served …
The Korean War’s Naval Lessons
In many ways, the Korean War started where World War II left off. For the U.S. Navy the big aircraft …
The Korean War’s Land Battle Legacy
Ground combat operations during the Korean War provided U.S. Army planners with an extensive array of lessons learned regarding the …
A Poem for Memorial Day
It has been a kind of tradition at Defense Media Network to publish a war poem to mark holidays …
Advance, Retreat, and Stalemate: A Limited War in the Nuclear Age
“By its participation in the Korean conflict the Army of the United States, in a determined effort to restore international …
AFRICOM Provides Assistance to Nigeria in Search for Kidnapped Girls
The abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram has attracted worldwide attention. To …
Coming Back with Wes Moore – Review
As U.S. military service members return home from the long war in Afghanistan in ever greater numbers, Americans may justifiably …