In a war that began with million man armies of conscripts fighting it out toe to toe, the British Army distinguished itself in personal combat.

Oct 10, 2006 – Christopher Eger

Although the Belgian army was only a tenth the size of the German army, it still delayed the Germans for nearly a month.

Oct 7, 2006 – Christopher Eger

Montenegro began the war as the poorest equipped of all of the 1914 armies but never faltered, and often outfought its enemies.

Oct 4, 2006 – Christopher Eger

Underequipped, outnumbered, and fighting with its back to the mountains the Serbian National Army never shrank from its duties in World War One.

Sep 30, 2006 – Christopher Eger

Well equipped and fairly modern by eastern european standards, the Army of the Dual Monarchy suffered one of the worst morale problems imaginable.

Sep 27, 2006 – Christopher Eger

With 14 million peasant drafts lead by an officer corps one percent of that size, the Russian army was short of every single thing except soldiers, bravery and enemies.

Sep 22, 2006 – Christopher Eger

Beginning the war dressed for fashion and equipped with the most unreliable weapons, the redoubtable French "Poilus" stopped the German juggernaut and saved his country.

Sep 20, 2006 – Christopher Eger

From a peacetime standing army of 870,000 men the grey coated war machine of the Kaiser eventually put almost fourteen million under arms to fight the whole western world

Sep 18, 2006 – Christopher Eger

The poorly equipped- even by third world standards-Honduran army had its hands full against the modern El Salvadoran invasion force in 1969.

Aug 23, 2006 – Christopher Eger

Using a bolt action rifle with iron sights this hardy little outdoorsman killed over five hundred Soviet invaders single handedly during the Winter War of 1939-1940.

Aug 16, 2006 – Christopher Eger

After an intial embarrasment, the Royal Marines and Royal Army retook the Falkland islands in a three week ground campaign

Aug 4, 2006 – Christopher Eger

Great Britian and Argentina placed their most experianced pilots at the controls of some of the most capable combat aircraft in the world and fought an epic air war.

Aug 2, 2006 – Christopher Eger

Between April 2 and June 14, 1982 Great Britain and Argentina fought the first modern war of the missle age in the air, on the sea, and the ground.

Jul 28, 2006 – Christopher Eger

The three original super guns with which the Imperial German army bombarded Paris from the woods of Crepy from March 1918 to the end of World War I.

Jul 23, 2006 – Christopher Eger

During the First World War the Isonzo valley lay on the Alpine Front between Italy and Austria-Hungary and was the scene of a succession of twelve battles

Jul 20, 2006 – Christopher Eger

Between 1980 and 1987 Libyan forces of Col Muhmar Qadhafi invaded its neighbor Chad three times, ultimately being forced out by France.

Jun 29, 2006 – Christopher Eger