Initiated on December 15 1944, the German offensive, known as "Watch on the Rhine" and later referred to by the Americans as the Battle of the Bulge, saw the 5th and 6th Panzer Armies breaking through ...

War is a complex business. It only takes one simple error to be made for total disaster, even the killing of one’s own troops and allies. Known today as “friendly fire”, these tragic and fatal ...

The U.S. push for increased defense spending from its Asian allies mirrors the Cold War-era experience of NATO, where U.S.

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This must change. A principled humanitarian response today requires three things: the willingness to secure distribution ...

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has watched live-fire drills with new U.S.-made Abrams M1A2T tanks during annual defense ...

The discussion brought together more than a dozen veterans service organizations and other advocacy groups for them to tell ...

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), along with the NATO Military Engineering Working Group’s ...

We at War on the Rocks have curated this list of articles and podcasts to help you gain a deeper understanding of the history, drivers, background, and ...

The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are different in a multitude of important ways. But they nonetheless offer some ...