The capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Colonel Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys, though small on the scale of military engagements in American history, and nearly bloodless, was nevertheless [...]

The Battle of Hastings, fought on October 14th, 1066, one of the great decisive battles of history, can accurately be described as one of the most important ever fought on [...]

The biggest bombardment of Henderson Field during the Guadalcanal campaign by two Japanese battleships marked the low point of the Guadalcanal campaign for the Americans. The bombardment is remarkable for [...]

The Battle of Sullivan’s Island, fought on June 28th, 1776, was a stinging defeat for the British navy at the hands of state forces of South Carolina, and a testament [...]

The Battle of Bunker Hill, fought during the siege of Boston, though a British tactical victory, proved the ability of the New England militia to stand against British regulars, and [...]

The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the American War for Independence and followed an effort by the British to confiscate the arms of the colonists. [...]

  The Battle of Carrhae, which took place in 53 B.C., one of a handful of Roman military disasters throughout Ancient Rome’s thousand-year duration, resulted in the end of the [...]