Author: Andrew Wright
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Could Hannibal Barca have Beaten Rome?
January 18, 2024 “Hannibal is the hero of lost causes and perfect battles.” -Barry Strauss, Masters of Command Could Hannibal Barca have won the Second Punic War? The historical consensus say’s not likely, but not impossible. Rome’s advantages in manpower, ships, and political will arguably doomed Hannibal from the start. But Rome wasn’t invincible, losing…
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Why the Italian Campaign in World War 2 was Justified
February 8, 2024 The war in Italy was one of the most controversial campaigns of World War 2. Winston Churchill considered Italy “the soft underbelly of the Axis” and hoped attacking it could bypass a costly invasion of occupied France. Unfortunately, the war in Italy cost the Allies similar casualties as the Germans, for what…
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A Brief Biography of Chiang Kai-shek: The Misunderstood Nationalist Leader of China
March 5, 2024 “Seek truth from facts.” -Chinese Proverb Imagine losing the most populous country on earth. That wouldn’t look good on a resume. This was the fate of Chiang Kai-shek, the Nationalist leader of China from 1927-1949, who lost the Chinese Civil to Mao Zedong’s communists. History doesn’t treat losers kindly and today Chiang is often regarded…
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A Quick History of the Korean War
April 1, 2024 The Korean War never officially ended. North and South Korea didn’t make peace while North Korea’s rogue regime, with nuclear weapons and a big army, often engages in unprovoked sabre-rattling. As volatile as things seems now it was far worse in 1950-1953 when civil war on the Korean Peninsula dragged in America…
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A Basic Chronology of the Ukraine War Part 1: The Main Battles of 2022.
May 7, 2024 “You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can’t sit on it for long.” -Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin’s predecessor The Battle of Kiev (February-April 2022): The Battle of Kiev was the first major campaign of the war and decisive in preventing Russia from winning the conflict by a short blitzkrieg. Putin…
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A Brief Account of the Battle of Bakhmut
May 23, 2024 “Bakhmut never had the strategic importance of Kyiv, the capital, or the port city of Odesa, or Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-biggest city, or even Donetsk, the regional capital some 50 miles north of Bakhmut. The former mining city was best known for its sparkling wine.” -Sinéad Baker The struggle for Bakhmut lasted 320…