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For military history junkies, armchair generals, and strategy nerds.

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Davids vs Goliaths part I: The Winter War

When little Finland absolutely pwned the Soviet Union

From drones to SIM cards, this is what modern war looks like

6 brutal realities soldiers face on the modern battlefield

The Unendurable: The end of WWII

Part XV of the Islands of Blood

Islands of Blood XIII: Okinawa

America's last great battle...with maps!

Roundup from the Command Post: What to read this week

Some damn fine history writing I stumbled across recently.

Davids vs Goliaths, and such

A look at what's in store this year for Battlegrounds+

Ukrainians capture a Russian

Incredible footage of Ukrainian forces engaging with and capturing a Russian soldier, and then saving his life.

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Incredible photos from Operation Bagration

The end of Army Group Center

Blood & Mud: Allied medical treatment in the First World War

A wounded Allied soldier had a 94% survival rate if he got out in time

Top 7 worst war movies ever

These films take historical cringe to a new level

Forager in the Marianas

Islands of Blood XI: The recapture of Guam and Tinian

Ukraine invades Russia

Update on the Russo-Ukraine War

The mighty Matilda

The little British tank that dominated the desert

The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot

Islands of Blood part X

Bradleys & HIMARS in Ukraine

These two American weapons are proving their worth

Retracing the Band of Brothers

A visitor's guide to Easy Company in Normandy

T-34s vs M4 Shermans in Korea

These two iconic tanks clashed for the first time in the Pusan Perimeter

The Last Banzai: the battle of Saipan (with maps!)

The final banzai charge of WWII was also the largest. Here's the tragic story of the brutal battle of Saipan in 1944.

Black Friday 1944

This raid on Nuremberg was the bloodiest night in the RAF's history

Horror on Marye's Heights

The worst Union defeat of the Civil War was also its bloodiest