Take this one with a grain of salt, IMO. I don't honestly know *enough* about Stalin or the USSR. March 5, 1953. Four days ago, Joseph...

Women's History Month: March 4, 1958. One of the most long overdue promotions in military history occurs today after an officer of the...

March 3, 1918. In German-controlled Brest-Litovsk, representatives of the Russian Bolsheviks and the Central Powers meet to hammer out...

March 2, 537. A panicked cry alerts the guards of a once-great city, who quickly raise the gate. Pursued by his foes - the Goths of King...

March 1, 1896. The last surviving African state fights for its life. On the plain of Adwa, an Ethiopian army confronts the well-armed...

February 29, 1940. Reeling from defeats and seeing its frontlines collapsing, the Finnish Government sues for peace with the Soviet...

February 28, 202 BC. The Middle Kingdom, long divided, must unite. On this day, Liu Bang, once a peasant and constable of a backwater...

February 27, 1881. A small British force wakes up to find itself surrounded by angry farmers. Normally not a problem, but these farmers...

February 26, 1991. A broad expanse of open desert is about to be torn asunder. With no landmarks, roads or towns, locations within these...

February 25, 1634. Cheb, Czech Republic. A guest at an inn is roused from his sleep and unceremoniously murdered with a polearm thrust...

February 24, 1917. In the office of the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, British Foreign Minister David Balfour hands Ambassador...

I was so afraid of repeating my capstone topic ad nauseum during my year of military history that this ended up being the only article I...

February 22, 1943. Anti-Nazi activists and siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl prepare for their deaths by guillotine. Their sacrifice for...

February 21, 1916. The morning calm of France is interrupted by over German 800 artillery pieces, and 39 square miles of ground are about...

February 20, 1810. A short, bearded man stands before a firing squad. He refuses the blindfold offered him, and refuses to kneel....

February 19, 1942.* On this day, a new Army Air Force unit is founded in the United States - the 100th Fighter Squadron. But this unit is...

February 18, 1229. The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II finally reconquers Jerusalem from its Muslim rulers, once more returning the Holy...

February 17, 1979. 200,000 troops of the Communist Chinese Army invade another country, bent on sending a message. The weird part? That...

February 16, 1862. Confederate General Simon Buckner has been left holding the bag after both his superiors flee the scene, leaving him...

February 15, 1942. The Rising Sun flag is raised over the city of Singapore, and 85,000 British Commonwealth troops go into Japanese...