The Second Schleswig War of 1864 was a pivotal conflict that ignited the flames of unity and reshaped Europe's destiny. Germany, divided and yearning for unification, saw in this clash an opportunity ...

As we enter spring 2024, Ukraine’s military position looks tenuous. Its counter-offensive in 2023 did not achieve the ambitious results that Ukraine’s allies had hoped for, and the Ukrainians are now ...

Gallas, redeployed in Jičín after a previous defeat. Clam-Gallas believed he would receive support from the Austrian main ...

The past, famously, is a foreign country. Unfortunately, it often seems that “foreign wars” fought before 1900 are too distant to find their way into our policy analysis. And without understanding the ...

A united German nation was about to be created under the leadership of Prussia when the 1870 census for Idaho Territory’s Boise County revealed that Germany was made up of many small states. When ...

“Battles,” Carl Von Clausewitz said, “decide everything.” Yet the famed Prussian military theorist is wrong. Great battles and brilliant leaders can shape the course of events. But often it is ...

In Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism, Washington Post art critic Sebastian Smee tells the story of the cultural fallout of this military misadventure. Smee focuses on the ...

Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. The Bendlerblock is an imposing neoclassical building near the center of Berlin—severe and symmetrical ...

Thus was born the Schlieffen Plan, created by General Count Alfred von Schlieffen, chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1891 to 1906. It called for a bold and swift invasion of France ...