Various official sources list as many as 106 battles, engagements, actions, and skirmishes occurring in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania related to the Gettysburg Campaign. There ...

September 21, 2024: After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Russia was subject to international economic sanctions. This had some unfortunate side effects for other nations, like India, which has long ...

Inside Afghanistan the Taliban promised not to harm the 800 kilometer long Afghan portion of the pipeline. This assurance turned out to be the opening round of negotiations about how much the Taliban ...

Ukraine used long-range missiles and USVs (Unmanned Surface Vessels) to attack Russian ships, forcing the survivors to distant ports in the far northeastern portions of the Black Sea. Even though ...

September 23, 2024: In July of this year the U.S. Navy disposed of two retired amphibious ships by having ships and warplanes fire on them. The two ships were equipped with electronic sensors to ...

South Korea is, on a per-capita basis, twenty times more prosperous than North Koreans and that’s because the south has a free market economy and a democracy. Socialist North Korea is run by a ...

September 22, 2024: In the African country of Mali, Russian Wagner Group mercenaries went looking for some low-risk, high-paying work during July 2024. What they got was a massacre that left all the ...

China and Russia are another matter. Despite the payment problems, China still supports Russia, at least diplomatically and in terms of joint military exercises. China expects Russia to remember that ...

As a long time wargamer (commercial side), it was fun to learn he and game designer, and former State Department official, Phil Kosnett in the 1970's and 80's played wargames from the likes of SPI and ...

There was considerable difference in the way the Union and Confederate armies allocated general officers. During the Gettysburg Campaign, the Army of the Potomac had 65 generals, while the Army of ...

Note: Figures in parentheses indicate the year in which construction of the ship began, that in which it was launched, and that in which it was completed for service. U.S. Yorktown Class Arguably the ...