September 1, 1870. Smoke and flame fade and guns go silent around the fortress city of Sedan as the Prussians and their allies accept the...

AUGUST 31 - 52 BC. Julius Caesar is in trouble. His Roman legions are stranded in hostile wilderness. He has cornered the King of the...

August 30, 1922. World War I has blown the Middle East apart, and it’s open season for nations to grab what they can. At Dumlupinar, the...

August 29, 1914. In the swamps and forests of East Prussia, one of the decisive battles of World War I's opening month is coming to a...

August 28, 1542. At the Battle of Wofla, deep in the mountains of northern Ethiopia, a small force of Portuguese musketeers is defeated...

August 27, 1798. Outside of Castlebar, a small county town in Ireland, a brief glimmer of hope emerges for the locals. A combined force...

August 26, 1071. The Sultan of the Turks smiles over the field at Manzikert, as the Byzantine army retreats in total disarray. Before...

August 25, 1914. As the French, British and Germans collide in bloody battles across France and Belgium, the people who started this...

August 24, 1814. After a pathetic attempt to block their advance, a British force arrives in Washington, D.C. and proceeds to torch...

August 23, 1914. The German Army is bulldozing its way to Paris – or so they think. Near the Belgian city of Mons, they run into...

August 22, 1485. The place: Bosworth Field. The issue: who gets to sit in the big chair. The men: Henry Tudor, last scion of the House of...

August 21, 1942. Along the banks of the Tenaru River in one of the most remote places on planet Earth, United States Marines and a...

August 20, 636 AD. You wouldn’t think the armies of the mighty Byzantine Empire, which has just broken the Persians in a decade-long war,...

August 19, 1944. American soldiers of the 90th Infantry Division make contact with the 1st Polish Armored Division near the French...

August 18, 1965. Preceded by 155mm artillery fire and 18 tons of bombs and napalm, United States Marines descend by boat and helicopter...

AUGUST 17 - 480 BC. The Persians have invaded Greece, and this time they’re serious. As their massive army makes its way south, it is...

August 16, 1869. The sad and bloody story of South America’s longest war is coming to a tragic conclusion at Acosta Nu – where Brazilian...

August 15, 1281. The Mongol Empire has conquered most of the known world – but even they have limits. Emperor Kublai Khan has sent a...

August 14, 1914. Guns of August – Part 2. The Great War is only two weeks old as enormous French and German armies collide all along...

August 13, 1521. After three months of fighting, the Spanish conquistadors of Hernan Cortes finally extinguish the last resistance in the...