Tag: history

Kasserine Pass: A Defeat That Forged Victory

The Editors - October 6, 2025

The Battle of Kasserine Pass in February 1943 was the first major clash between US and German forces in World War II, exposing critical...

Tsushima’s Turning Point: Japan’s Rise and Russia’s Fall at Sea

The Editors - September 30, 2025

The Battle of Tsushima (1905) was a pivotal naval engagement between Japan and Russia that significantly altered the course of global history, according to...

China’s Defeat at Yalu: The Naval Battle That Reshaped East Asia

The Editors - September 12, 2025

In its new Battle Studies series, War on the Rocks examines how the Battle of the Yalu River on September 17, 1894, marked a...

250 Years Since Lexington and Concord

Richard C. Young - May 1, 2025

This year marks 250 years since the battles of Lexington and Concord and the beginning of the Revolutionary War. In his Conceived in Liberty...

Lost but Not Forgotten at the Battle at Belleau Wood

Debbie Young - June 1, 2021

In an essay on the many who “fought, bled and died” for our country, Chris Stirewalt, a contributing editor to The Dispatch, writes on...

Black Hawk Down: New Info, Images of The Battle of Mogadishu

Richard C. Young - October 24, 2018

Australian historian Leigh Neville has reopened one of the saddest moments in American military history, The Battle of Mogadishu, popularized in book and film...