Last Updated on July 14, 2025 by Matt Staff The 1800s were a turning point in the history of firearms. As empires expanded and revolutions sparked around ...

The past, famously, is a foreign country. Unfortunately, it often seems that “foreign wars” fought before 1900 are too distant to find their way into our policy analysis. And without understanding the ...

Von Steuben spent 17 years in the Prussian army, fought in battles against Austria and Russia during the Seven Years’ War, became a captain, and attended Prussian king Frederick the Great’s ...

Fast-forward 71 years, the Stars and Stripes were again raised over the Obersalzberg as the Society of the 3rd Infantry Division's Outpost International hosted a ceremony May 5, 2016, marking the ...

By rapidly defeating its more numerous enemies in only 46 days, the German infantry proved to be better prepared and organized than their British, French, Dutch and Belgian counterparts.

The Allied invasion of Normandy was a major turning point in World War II. This is how it happened.

In terms of military theory and practice, students of the war concluded that German success was due to the “Prussian general staff” model of organization, which was ultimately adopted by all the ...

Key Point: World War I is remembered for its technological innovations—it was truly a war of “firsts.” It was the first war to make widespread use of the airplane and the first to see the ...

The Great War event takes War Thunder back to WW1 for April Fool's Day, and also sees infantry running riot in the game for the first time.

The hiker and his partner, Juliette, took the artifact to the Linge Memorial Museum in Orbey, where curators determined that the message was likely sent by a Prussian infantry officer via carrier ...

While serving in a Prussian infantry regiment during the First World War, he suffered seven major wounds, the last one almost fatal.