Wednesday War Stories ~ The Battle of Culloden, April 1746
by Brant Guillory, 16 April 2025 It’s one thing to visit a battlefield, and another thing altogether to visit a giant monument to the losers of …
Category: War Stories
Wednesday War Stories – battle reports from throughout history
Wednesday War Stories ~ Cunningham’s Greatest Victory…or Massacre? The Battle of Cape Matapan, 28 March 1941
by RockyMountainNavy, 26 March 2025 Historian Richard Hough, author of The Longest Battle: The War at Sea, 1939-45 (New York: Quill, 1986) writes, “The Battle of …
Wednesday War Stories ~ Sirte’n victory or defeat? The Second Battle of Sirte, 22 March 1942
RockyMountainNavy, 19 March 2025 In his book A Sailors Odyssey, Lord Admiral Andrew Cunningham, who served as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean for the Royal Navy during the …
Wednesday War Stories ~ Iron Ships & Iron Men at the Battle of Hampton Roads
RockyMountainNavy, 12 March 2025 One of the earliest wargames I owned was the classic Wooden Ships & Iron Men designed by S. Craig Taylor and …
Wednesday War Stories ~ B-25…hit! You sunk my DIVISION! The Battle of the Bismarck Sea – 3 March 1943
RockyMountainNavy, 5 March 2025 The account of the Battle of the Bismarck Sea that appears in Helmut Pemsel’s A History of War at Sea is …
Wednesday War Stories ~ The Battle of the Java Sea – 27 February 1942
RockyMountainNavy, 26 February 2025 When it comes to the naval history of World War II the Battle of the Java Sea tends to either be …
Wednesday War Stories ~ Battle of Iwo Jima 19 Feb – 25 Mar, 1945
by Zachary Grant, 19 February 2025 This year we are honoring the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima. It just so happens this week’s …
Wednesday War Stories ~ The Battle of Chipyong-ni, 13 February 1951
RockyMountainNavy, 12 February 2025 In January 1951 the Korean War was six months old. The invasion of South Korea by North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic …
Wednesday War Stories ~ Battle of Manila…less the Bay, 4 February 1899
RockyMountainNavy, 5 February 2025 When Regimental Commander Brant sent out the list of battles for this year’s new history column, I jumped when I saw …
Wednesday War Stories ~ The Battle of Khafji, 29 Jan–1 Feb 1991
by Aaron Danis, 29 January 2025 The Battle for Khafji (al-Khafji) was the first ground combat of the Persian Gulf War between the Coalition and the …