September 21, 1780. At a small farmhouse in upstate New York, two men from opposing sides of the Revolutionary War meet in secret. One...

SEPTEMBER 20. 202 BC. It has been sixteen years since Hannibal crossed the Alps, fulfilling his childhood vow to his father that he would...

September 19, 1863. As the Confederacy reels from the twin defeats at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, the epicenter of the Civil War has...

September 18, 1812. Emperor Napoleon gazes from the Kremlin out over his prize – what is left of it. The city of Moscow lies in ruins,...

September 17, 1862. Today is the bloodiest day in American history. As the sun goes down over the Antietam battlefield, 7,650 Americans...

SEPTEMBER 16 - 207 BC. Rome and Carthage are locked in the mortal struggle known as the Second Punic War. The Roman Republic’s most...

September 15, 1916. Three months into the horrendous Battle of the Somme, the British Army tries something new at Flers-Courcelette....

September 14, 1814. Fresh off their burning of Washington, the British forces invading America turn their attention north to Baltimore....

September 13, 1759. The climax of the French and Indian War is about to occur in the hills of Canada. The French fortress city of Quebec...

September 12, 1683. The Ottoman Empire lays siege to Vienna with an enormous army, and after two months they are on the verge of victory....

September 11, 1297. The Scots have risen. Under their iconic war leader William Wallace, a band of Scottish insurgents have assembled to...

September 10, 1950. The North Koreans have invaded the South and driven United Nations forces into a tiny perimeter on the southeast...

September, 9 A.D. Even Rome has limits. In the deep, dark Teutoburg Forest of barbarian Germany, the three Roman legions of Publius Varus...

September 8, 1939. Near the town of Wizna, a few companies of Polish infantry prepare to resist the full might of Hitler’s Wehrmacht – a...

September 7, 1631. After five hours of desperate fighting with pike, musket, saber and cannon, the Swedish army of King Gustavus Adolphus...

September 6, 1914. Five weeks into World War I, the German Army is miles away from Paris, riding on the crest of victory. The French are...

September 5, 1991. The Gulf War is over, the United States military is riding high, and it’s time to have some fun. The Tailhook...

September 4, 626 A.D. He has murdered his brothers. Taken his father prisoner. Led campaigns of war and conquest across all of East Asia....

September 3, 1650. Oliver Cromwell and his New Model Army have their backs to a wall, trapped by a Scottish army in the Lowlands near...

September 2, 31 BC. Julius Caesar is dead, but his legacy remains. After years of pretending to get along, Caesar’s favorite general Mark...