20th century
Odd Fighting Units: Trotsky's Red 100 and Armored Trains of the Russian Civil War
During the Russian Civil War of 1919-1921, the Bolshevik-Russian politician and military leader Leon Trotsky (b.1879-1940) r…
China
Taiping Rebellion of 1850-1864: The Opium Conflicts & Early Western Military Influence in China
The Taiping Rebellion was one of the largest and bloodiest civil conflicts in modern world history; though seemingly forgott…
Military History
Utah War 1857-1858: Mormon Militarism & The War for Deseret
The conflict in Utah and parts of Western Wyoming from 1857-1858 between the Mormon militias of Brigham Young’s Church of La…
Germany
German Peasants War 1524-1526: Landsknechts and the Swabian League
In the summer of 1524 near the Black Forest in what is today Stühlingen, Baden-Wurttemberg in southern Germany, one of the…
Connecticut
New England Ablaze: King Philips' War, 1675-1676
King Philips' War, fought from 1675-1676 in the region known as New England in the Northeastern United States, predomina…
