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Arrogant, overbearing, unpopular and pedantic, Win
One of the most consequential battles of the American Revolution was fought in the South Carolina backcountry
The grisly fate of more than 16,000 soldiers and civilians during the First Anglo-Afghan War serves as a timeless lesson in hubris and bad leadership
This staff sergeant became the first living US Army veteran of the Iraq War to receive the Medal of Honor, following fierce close-quarters combat during the Second Battle of Fallujah
A Coldstream Guards private earned this honour at Inkerman before becoming Florence Nightingale’s personal bodyguard
In issue 155, Professor Philpott laid out the case for why the US Army did not ‘win’ WWI on the battlefield. Here he explores how the major US contribution to victory came in money, material and motivation
By spring 1941, the Afrika Korps was advancing across eastern Libya towards Egypt and the Suez Canal. But a dusty port town lay in their path