Without Spartan participation in the war against Persia at the beginning of the fifth century B.C.— especially their heroic stand at the critical Battle of Thermopylae in 480—the Persians may ...

In one of the greatest, yet now forgotten, small-unit engagements in American history, several hundred Marylanders made an epic stand resembling that of the 300 ancient Spartans at Thermopylae.

Thermopylae, the narrow pass above Greece ... With them were two escaped prisoners of war whom the group, as Myers later put ...

Spartans faced a much larger military force from the East at Thermopylae, a small mountain pass in ancient central Greece.

Yet Spartans too fell in battle – so how did ancient Sparta memorialise its wars and war dead? From the poet Tyrtaeus inspiring soldiers with rousing verse in the seventh century BCE to inscriptions ...

What are the best war games on PC? It’s a tricky question to answer since there’s been a long history of war games here in the world of PC gaming. Conceptually, it never changes, whether you ...

Writing about ancient Greece with rich historical detail, passion and drama, Pressfield has previously dramatized the battle of Thermopylae (Gates of Fire) and the Peloponnesian War (Tides of War).

War – what is it good for?’ asked Edwin Starr on his 1970 single of the same name, before answering his rhetorical question: ‘Absolutely nothing.’ In this, Starr was not only excoriating ...

The war and the humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave have shaken the region and the world. Right-wing Israelis demonstrate near the Sde Teman military base on Monday after reservists were ...

Britain must be ready to fight a war in three years' time in the face of growing threats from an "axis of upheaval" led by Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. That's the view of the new head of ...

The Korean War, often referred to as "The Forgotten War," was fought from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. This website is dedicated to thanking and honoring all the veterans of the Korean War ...

Like the 300 Spartans before them at Thermopylae, the West’s distribution to Ukraine of Russia’s $300 billion of assets will not be able to prevent eventual defeat. The Ukraine war will almost ...