Comments on: Man Knowledge: Early 20th Century Battles Every Man Should Know

By: Miłosz

Miłosz — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:29:35 +0000

None of these battles were as important as The Battle of Warsaw in 1920. Actually most of them would never happen if we had lost.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:55:07 +0000

An interesting fact for the battle of Verdun: The mentionned General Philippe Pétain fighting against the Germans went on to become a Marshall… and the leader of German occupied France in WWII…

By: mark w mcandrew

mark w mcandrew — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:36:06 +0000

all military history is gold,gallipoli is a gruesome look at a war of attrition,what the US went threw at the islands pelillue,iwo jima , so on ,war is terrible ,lambs to lions,did we learn ? now we have 1st world countries dukin it out using 3rd world countries to test and use there new toys,ode to the soldier,my band of brothers,lets get with the program before ROME BURNS. LEST WE FORGET

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:15:20 +0000

I really like the picture at the top of the page of the Bolton-Paul Defiants!

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:07:03 +0000

That was a good read!! Battle of the Buldge would have been a good one too

By: Hugo Stiglitz

Hugo Stiglitz — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:13:27 +0000

Great post. It is important to keep these battles fresh in the minds of men of all ages. Many in our country have taken the approach that “all war is bad,” which is a naive view of the world.

Also, like many other posters said, good job including non-American forces in the post. I look forward to more articles like this one!

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:42:48 +0000

I like articles like these. More military history would be appreciated.

By: Carlos Infante

Carlos Infante — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:54:37 +0000

To expand a bit on the subject, over at http://www.archive.org in the audio section under old time radio there are alot of recordings from radio news prgrams that give first hand accounts of the events of WW II as they happend, some, but the most interesting ones are the complete day recordings of D-Day from both CBS and NBC, not only do you get the news reports but also their regular programing of that day.

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:58:29 +0000

A nice list, but incomplete.

For World War 1, add Gallipoli and Jutland. The former because it was a terrible demonstration of personal courage and command incompetence, the latter because it was THE naval engagement…and a battle in which there were NO strategic reserves. If Admiral Jellicoe had lost, the war would have been over.

For World War 2, the Ardennes offensive, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The latter, especially, merits study.

Post World War 2, the Six-Day War and First Gulf War are good subjects.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:36:14 +0000

Of late, new information has come to light about the Battle of Suriago Straight. Stunning sea battle, last battleship Vs. battlelship fight on earth.