Robert Bateman

For most of the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wanted no part of the dispute between Great Britain and her former colonies. But then the British went and wrecked his hometown.

How French hubris determined the fate of North America.

Under one of the greatest rulers in Middle East history, united Muslim armies stomped Christian forces in the Holy Land.

In 1935, Benito Mussolini wanted to make Italy great again, so he invaded Ethiopia. The war boosted his popularity but also inspired one of the 20th century’s greatest satires.

He’s now remembered best for his slap, but George S. Patton wasn’t always such a tough guy.

There’s a reason the popes turn to the Swiss for personal protection, and it’s not just because they cut dashing figures in those uniforms...

Historians love watershed moments, and few in military history in the West were as important as the battle of Crecy in 1346.

Verdun had served the French well as a defensive outpost in the past, but in WWI it became synonymous with insensible tactics that claimed 250,000 lives.

Cannae for Hannibal was the definition of winning the battle but losing the war. However, his brilliant execution of a double envelopment would obsess tacticians for a millennia.