Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I For further reading on this amazing subject, I highly recommend: The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece — and Western Civilization.
Category: Historical Non-Fiction Book of the Month
Lessons From the Bitter End: What General Wrangel Means for Americans Today
H/T WRSA Lessons From the Bitter End: What General Wrangel Means for Americans Today The memoirs of the last leader of Russian anti-communist forces, General Pyotr Wrangel, were republished under the title Always with Honor in 2020 by an obscure publishing house, generating new interest in the man and his struggle to save his country….
Know Your History: Scipio Africanus
Scipio Africanus Although there a myriad of books on the Second Punic War, The Ghost of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic was an awesome read.
This Book Will Give You Nightmares – Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (2004)
This Book Will Give You Nightmares – Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (2004) I read this book several years ago while going through my “Major Leaders of WW2” Biography challenge and although it was a LONG read, it was extremely well researched. Stalin was in my opinion ten times the monster that…
Three Must Read WW2 Trilogies
The Liberation Trilogy Rick Atkinson The Pacific War Trilogy Ian Toll The History of the Third Reich Trilogy Richard J. Evans
The Philippine Resistance – How WW2’s Forgotten Guerrilla Movement Helped Bring Down Japan
“Guerrillas endured pervasive exhaustion, disease, and malnourishment. They engaged in irregular warfare, espionage, prison raids and sabotage.” By James Kelly Morningstar WHAT IF I told you that one of the most important campaigns of World… The post The Philippine Resistance – How WW2’s Forgotten Guerrilla Movement Helped Bring Down Japan appeared first on MilitaryHistoryNow.com. The Philippine…
Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II Book Review
This Day in History, October 26, 1881: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona
The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a 30-second shootout between lawmen and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws that took place on October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. It is generally regarded as the most famous shootout in the history of the American Wild West. The Last Gunfight: The Real Story […]…
Some Civil War History You Were Not Taught in School
Lincoln’s Kind of “Soldier” The American History You’re Not Supposed to Know I have been a huge fan of Mr. DiLorenzo’s work ever since I read The Real Lincoln over a decade ago. I urge all of you to dive into all of Mr. DiLorenzo’s books and articles and get a fresh,…
The Spanish Distinction
THE SPANISH DISTINCTION Know your History! The current state of American DECLINE (and the U.S. Military) has more in common with the Spanish Civil War than any other conflict and period of time in 20th century history. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!