Era · 6 battles
Modern (1800–1945)
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American Civil War · 1863
The Siege of Vicksburg
Grant's 1863 siege split the Confederacy in two and secured the Mississippi for the Union — a master class in joint operations, logistics, and adaptive leadership.
Outcome: Decisive
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World War I · 1915
Gallipoli 1915: Monumental Failure with Lasting Repercussions
Churchill's gambit to force the Dardanelles failed at every level — naval, amphibious, operational, and strategic. The wreckage redrew the Middle East and a Turkish colonel became a nation.
Outcome: Strategic
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World War I · 1917
Price of a Mile: The Battle of Passchendaele, 1917
Haig's Third Ypres offensive captured five miles of Flemish mud and ridge at the cost of 685,000 casualties. A reckoning with leadership, ego, and the futility of frontal attack.
Outcome: Pyrrhic
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World War I · 1918
Belleau Wood, 1918: The Battle That Made Marines Famous
In June 1918, U.S. Marines stopped the German spring offensive in a tangled wood near Château-Thierry — earning the name 'Devil Dogs' and forging the modern Marine Corps identity in blood.
Outcome: Tactical
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World War I · 1918
Examining the 'Lost Battalion': Who Was to Blame?
On Hill 198 in the Argonne, Major Charles Whittlesey's 308th held its ground for five days surrounded, gassed, and shelled by its own guns. A reckoning with the leaders who put them there.
Outcome: Tactical
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World War II · 1941
Forgotten Valor: The Heroic Defense of Wake Island
For 14 days in December 1941, a handful of Marines, sailors, soldiers, and civilians held a tiny Pacific atoll against the Japanese Navy — and proved Japan was beatable.
Outcome: Tactical