Today's Battle | A Battle A Day

George Castrioti

Jan 72 min read

January 7th, 1940 - The Battle of Suomussalmi

Conflict: The Winter War (or Finnish-Soviet War) Combatants: Finns vs. Soviets Location: Finland Outcome Finnish victory In the aftermath...

George Castrioti

Jan 61 min read

January 6th, 1871 - Siege of Paris

Conflict: Franco-Prussian War Combatants: French vs. Prussians Location: France Outcome: Prussian victory After crushing the French army...

George Castrioti

Jan 51 min read

January 5th, 1675 - The Battle of Turckheim

Conflict: Franco-Dutch War Combatants: French vs. Holy Roman Empire and Allies Location: France Outcome: French Victory Tasked by Louis...

George Castrioti

Jan 41 min read

January 4th, 1951 - The Evacuation of Seoul

Conflict: Korean War Combatants: U.N. and ROK forces vs. Chinese and NKA forces Location: Seoul, South Korea Outcome: Chinese, NKA...

George Castrioti

Jan 32 min read

January 3rd, 1777 - The Battle of Princeton

Conflict: American Revolution Combatants: Americans vs. British Location: Princeton, NJ Outcome: American Victory At the end of 1776,...

George Castrioti

Jan 21 min read

January 2nd, 1915 - The Battle of Sarikamish

Conflict: World War I Combatants: Russians vs. Turks Location: Turkey Outcome: Russian victory The Ottoman Empire began naval operations...

George Castrioti

Jan 12 min read

January 1st, 1945 - The Battle of the Bulge

Conflict: World War II Combatants: Allies (US and British) vs. Germans Location: Belgium Outcome: Allied victory Nearly six months after...

George Castrioti

Jan 12 min read

Why are we fascinated by military history?

“There has never been a good war or a bad peace.” Benjamin Franklin There are those who would argue that the study of war is nothing if...

George Castrioti

Dec 31, 20211 min read

First Post Tomorrow!

A Battle a Day (ABAD) begins tomorrow, January 1st, 2022, with the Battle of the Bulge!