According to legend, Hernan Cortez took a small army, a handful of horses, a few cannons, and was able to virtually exterminate the oldest and most militaristic nation in the America’s. The Aztec nation was an extremely advanced (though barbaric) people who had established themselves in the Yucatan...
Why Not to Take a Slow and Unsupplied Army into the Middle of the DesertOn July 4th 1187, the forces of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem were almost entirely wiped out by a Muslim army at the battle of Hattin. This was one of the most crushing defeats for western forces during the Crusades, and highlighted the ignorance and arrogance which so often led to Christian forces...
The Longest Siege in HistoryThe Siege of Candia, the then capital of the Venetian held Mediterranean island of Crete by the Ottoman Empire in the 1600’s, is widely regarded as the longest siege in history. The Ottoman’s began the siege of the city in 1648, and in the year 1669 finally took over the city after twenty one years...
Operation VengeanceOn April 18th 1943 a group of 18 American fighters, piloted by a hand picked group of airmen was sent to find and shoot down the airplane transporting Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Yamamoto was the Commander of the combined fleet of the Japanese Imperial Navy as well as the man responsible for the...
East Beats WestThe Russo-Japanese War stands out in history for it was the first time that an Asian power defeated a modern western nation in a military conflict. The success of the Japanese was met by stunned surprise around the world and not only catapulted the Japanese onto the world stage as major player in the...
