The Battle of Fisher’s Hill
The Battle of Fisher’s Hill, fought September 21-22, 1864, as part of the Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1864, resulted in the Confederate Army of the Valley being driven from its [...]
The Doolittle Raid
The Doolittle Raid, a bombing attack on Tokyo, Japan, and other cities in the early months of World War II, lifted American morale and rattled Japanese belief in their [...]
Kamikazes and the Lingayen Gulf Naval Operations
The ordeal of the United States Navy under kamikaze attack during January 4th, to 12th, 1945, when the performance of the kamikazes was at their peak. Background American planning [...]
The Battle of Iwo Jima Part 3
The Fifth Division and Hill 362-A On the left flank meanwhile, the 5th division had been undergoing a hard fight of its own. Their objective was the highest hill on [...]
The Battle of Iwo Jima Part 2
The Capture of Mount Suribachi The morning of D+1, the day after D-day, was a cold and miserable one for the marines ashore, dampened by a light rain. Morning light [...]
The Battle of Iwo Jima Part 1
The Battle of Iwo Jima, fought from February 19th to March 20th, 1945, was the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, and one of the costliest of the Pacific War. [...]
Captain John L. Pratt’s Narrative of the Sinking of the USS Bismarck Sea off Iwo Jima
DECLASSIFIED Recorded: 22 March 1945 Narrative by: Captain John L. Pratt, USN Sinking of the USS BISMARCK SEA off Iwo Jima. Captain Wright: This is March the 22nd, 1945, in the [...]
Air Attack of February 21rst, 1945
The only kamikaze attack of the Iwo Jima campaign, the air attack of February 21, 1945, severely damaged one U.S. carrier, and sank a second, the last of the [...]
The Capture of Mount Suribachi
On the morning of the 19th of February, three marine divisions were landed on the Japanese fortress of Iwo Jima. The Japanese made no move to contest the beaches, [...]
The 1775 Invasion of Quebec
The 1775 offensive of Quebec by the Americans during the war for Independence, was the first large scale offensive operation by the Continental Army and was a resounding failure. Almost [...]
