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Save Manassas Battlefield

American Battlefield Trust Going to COURT to STOP the World’s Largest Data Center The “world’s largest data center campus” doesn’t belong at Man...

General Dufour in the 1814 Campaign in France

Read here about General Dufour and his division in the 1814 Campaign in France.

Historical Arguments

Designers and authors need to be careful not to let personal biases affect their interpretation of historical events. Read more here.

Does This Look Familiar?

This box was used by Napoleon to maintain the orbat information on the Austrian armies in Germany and Italy in 1805. It blew me away when I saw it ...

The Meat Grinder Syndrome

The focus of Napoleonic warfare was on maneuver, not mass casualty. Download the article here.

U.S. Armaments Captured by Taliban, August 2021: Total Value $85 Billion

600,000 weapons, 75,989 vehicles and 208 aircraft, including: 2,000 Armored Vehicles Including Humvees and MRAP's 75,989 Total Vehicles: FMTV, M35...

Perspectives on Japanese Naval Intelligence

The Japanese Navy had initiated a crash course in attempting to create a world-class fleet, starting from scratch in the late 19th c., even copyi...

The Thorn in the Eye: History of the Mantua Siege

Excerpt from “The 1799 Campaign in Italy, Vol. 4The battle of Novi and the End of the Italian CampaignBy Enrico Acerbi View of the large entrench...

Haslach: Dupont’s Baggage

Tim Carne, Vince Hughes, and Kevin Zucker It is rarely intended that any troops should have to enter the fight without supply. If so, it is usually...

A Spanish perspective on Espinosa de los Monteros November 10th-11th, 1808

Written by: Gabriel Gonzalez Pavón A beautiful land of mountains and high rocky cliffs, cold rivers, forbidding forests and snowy winters. No...

Japanese Plans and Operations 

Written by Kevin Zucker (1971) Tactical and Strategic Doctrine and TrainingThe Japanese plan for the war in the Pacific called for the assumption ...

Why the Line of Communication was so Important in Napoleonic Warfare

"Communications" means more than sending a message; it includes by extension the routes over which messages, supplies, and reinforcements can trave...