Global
Cross-regional, system-level stories that span multiple theaters, alliances, and strategic domains.
679 Dispatches
The Forgotten US Invasion of Russia, 1918–1920
How and why the United States sent two expeditionary forces into revolutionary Russia during 1918-1920, fighting Bolsheviks in Archangel and Siberia.
Irish Civil War: Fratricide in the Free State
How the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty split the IRA and plunged Ireland into a ten-month civil war that killed 1,600 and shaped Irish politics for a century.
Liberation of the Philippines: The End of Brutal Japanese Occupation
How Japan seized the Philippines in 1941, the vast Filipino guerilla resistance, and the Allied campaign that liberated the islands by 1945.
The Six Day War: The Conflict That Shaped the Modern Middle East
How Israel tripled its territory in six days during the 1967 war against Egypt, Syria, and Jordan — and reshaped Middle Eastern geopolitics for decades.
The Annihilation of Carthage: The Devastation of Rome's Greatest Enemy
How Rome destroyed Carthage in the Third Punic War, ending a century-long rivalry with a three-year siege and the near-total extermination of the Punic
The Congo Wars: Africa's World War and Its Devastating Legacy
How the First and Second Congo Wars pulled nine nations into Africa's deadliest conflict, killing over 5 million people and reshaping Central Africa.
The Collapse of Yugoslavia: From Brotherhood to Bloodshed
Learn about the Yugoslav Wars, including their history, key events, and war crimes that led to Europe's deadliest post-war conflict
Battle of the Somme: A Million Men for a Few Miles
How the 1916 Battle of the Somme became WW1's bloodiest campaign — over a million casualties for a frontline shift of just 6 to 10 miles.
The Paraguayan War: South America's Most Devastating Conflict
How the War of the Triple Alliance killed 60% of Paraguay's population, reshaped borders, and became the bloodiest war in South American history.
2014 Ukraine Crisis: The Real Beginning of the War with Russia
How Russia's war in Ukraine truly began in 2014 — from revolution and Crimea's annexation to separatist battles, a downed airliner, and the Minsk
Transnistria War: Moldova's Pro-Russian Insurgency of 1992
How the 1992 Transnistria War set the precedent for post-Soviet conflicts, from separatist militias to Russian military intervention in Moldova.
Texas Revolution: Birth of the Lone Star State
How a disparate group of settlers, disaffected Mexicans, and Native Americans overthrew Santa Anna's centralist dictatorship and forged an independent