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Women Warriors Have Always Fought	6	17 Nov 2019 6:50 p.m. PST
Famous Last Words – The Dying Utterances of Well-Known	9	17 Nov 2019 6:44 p.m. PST
Scratchbuilding a 1/100 scale earthwork	6	12 Nov 2019 5:08 p.m. PST
Most Badass War Heroes Who Never Held a Weapon	4	10 Nov 2019 2:07 p.m. PST
Amazing Military Raids of All-Time	3	10 Nov 2019 2:01 p.m. PST
Five US generals killed in action	1	09 Nov 2019 8:33 p.m. PST
Battlefields Around the World Are Finding New ...	1	09 Nov 2019 8:19 p.m. PST
Trivia Quiz - Don't Stop Besieging	3	09 Nov 2019 11:06 a.m. PST
The Pursuit of Power	1	06 Nov 2019 12:04 p.m. PST
10 Books Reviewed at HMGS.org	1	29 Oct 2019 10:28 a.m. PST
Brute Force – History’s Largest Armies	10	29 Oct 2019 12:57 a.m. PST
Citations Are a Metaphor for Erasure in American History	9	28 Oct 2019 4:38 p.m. PST
In Praise of Older Women	3	27 Oct 2019 5:52 p.m. PST
Bloodletting – The Deadliest One-Day Battles in Military	5	23 Oct 2019 8:08 p.m. PST
HMGS Website: Book Reviews for Wargamers	6	23 Oct 2019 8:52 a.m. PST
The Greatest War and Battle Paintings of All Time	16	23 Oct 2019 5:25 a.m. PST
Anyone know Bruce Rollin?	1	21 Oct 2019 3:58 a.m. PST
Unusual Experiments by the U.S. Military	1	19 Oct 2019 8:35 p.m. PST
Military Operations That Could Have Changed The World	1	16 Oct 2019 9:51 p.m. PST
Trivia Quiz - If Only They Disobeyed Orders	7	15 Oct 2019 5:49 p.m. PST
Happy Birthday!!!!!!	8	15 Oct 2019 5:43 p.m. PST
This Is My Fight Song – Seven National Anthems ...	1	10 Oct 2019 9:22 p.m. PST
The War Nurses That Came Before Barton	1	09 Oct 2019 7:57 p.m. PST
Moving to East end Long Island (Mattituck)	5	06 Oct 2019 8:07 a.m. PST
Ten Most Senseless Wars of All Time	12	01 Oct 2019 10:17 p.m. PST
How Soldier's Rations Went From Live Hogs to...	3	20 Sep 2019 11:04 a.m. PST
Disturbing War History Urban Legends	3	13 Sep 2019 11:24 a.m. PST
Was History’s Greatest Ever Military Leader an...	6	12 Sep 2019 3:10 p.m. PST
Rare Historical Photographs You Won't Find In Textbooks	1	11 Sep 2019 8:09 p.m. PST
What Was the Biggest, Most Powerful Military in ...	9	10 Sep 2019 11:53 a.m. PST
Top Military Disasters in War History	1	04 Sep 2019 8:38 p.m. PST
Nafziger OOB's - Site Problem?	13	03 Sep 2019 12:55 a.m. PST
New Poll Suggestion that covers FIW	1	01 Sep 2019 5:56 a.m. PST
You took history classes in college...	20	01 Sep 2019 3:44 a.m. PST
That's why they call him the great!	2	31 Aug 2019 7:58 a.m. PST
Which Came First, Vengeful Gods or Complex Civilizations?	1	30 Aug 2019 2:08 p.m. PST
Why didn't Indian civilization spread to its west?	5	30 Aug 2019 11:26 a.m. PST
British Light Infantry Regiments	1	29 Aug 2019 8:34 p.m. PST
Worst military defeats in Russian history	3	29 Aug 2019 8:33 p.m. PST
Dozen Book Reviews up on HMGS.org	2	27 Aug 2019 1:49 p.m. PST
We like elites.	11	25 Aug 2019 7:18 p.m. PST
Pyrrhic Victory: Winning the Battle, Losing the War	4	25 Aug 2019 2:32 p.m. PST
Starting a new period - colonization of the Americas?	11	16 Aug 2019 12:59 p.m. PST
pro baseball player quote on war	9	09 Aug 2019 6:52 a.m. PST
Remarkable Duels	1	02 Aug 2019 3:19 p.m. PST
Bugle Calls	1	01 Aug 2019 8:24 p.m. PST
Black Day for the Spanish: Battle of Manila Bay/Cavite	2	31 Jul 2019 12:49 a.m. PST
Favorite Raid? Entebbe!	7	27 Jul 2019 2:35 p.m. PST
Best Street Fight Rules? B'hoys!	3	25 Jul 2019 9:36 a.m. PST
Norfolk Militia Omnibus	1	19 Jul 2019 8:25 p.m. PST
Do Animals Go to War?	18	16 Jul 2019 3:13 p.m. PST
Fort Holmes walk around	7	14 Jul 2019 5:32 p.m. PST
Fort Michilimackinac walkaround	7	12 Jul 2019 11:47 a.m. PST
Brown Death: A History of Poop As a Weapon	8	05 Jul 2019 4:41 p.m. PST
Balanced Dinner Party With Historical Figures... you said...	4	02 Jul 2019 5:39 a.m. PST
Highest Incidence of Major Battles per Sq Kilo: Belgium!	1	01 Jul 2019 2:31 p.m. PST
Did you take advantage of the recent Warlord sprue sale?	20	30 Jun 2019 6:16 p.m. PST
Hobbled by politics? Erwin Rommel!	4	27 Jun 2019 6:35 p.m. PST
Five Military Footwear Styles That Transformed Fashion	1	27 Jun 2019 2:33 p.m. PST
Reading Suggestions	8	22 Jun 2019 5:49 p.m. PST
If You Were to Write a History of 21st Century America	1	19 Jun 2019 3:01 p.m. PST
Fort DeSoto Walk-through	8	18 Jun 2019 7:57 a.m. PST
Modular 15mm Mexican Hacienda	12	17 Jun 2019 8:37 p.m. PST
Happy Birthday, US ARMY!	6	17 Jun 2019 6:24 a.m. PST
Annual Square Bashing day	4	16 Jun 2019 2:53 p.m. PST
Seven blunders that will haunt India for posterity	3	14 Jun 2019 11:05 a.m. PST
Need pictures for scenario book covers!	6	12 Jun 2019 11:30 a.m. PST
Battle of the Nile medal	2	11 Jun 2019 7:25 a.m. PST
How Does a Historian of War Sustain Any Faith in Humanity?	3	10 Jun 2019 10:56 a.m. PST
Naval command question from a landlubber	7	08 Jun 2019 5:31 p.m. PST
Favorite colonel?	35	07 Jun 2019 5:59 p.m. PST
The Most Epic Combat Beatdowns From US Military History	1	30 May 2019 8:12 p.m. PST
Favorite Naval surface Battle?	26	28 May 2019 7:42 a.m. PST
Add Swords board?	25	27 May 2019 3:29 p.m. PST
Greetings from 'We Only KIll Rach Other' Gangster LIne	2	23 May 2019 10:21 a.m. PST
Your favorite rebellions are...	4	21 May 2019 10:19 a.m. PST
Favorite elephant? African Bush Elephant!	4	15 May 2019 5:38 p.m. PST
The Shifting Power of the World’s Largest Cities Visualized	1	11 May 2019 11:23 a.m. PST
Greatest nomadic general who ever lived?	22	10 May 2019 4:57 p.m. PST
Derby First!	10	08 May 2019 2:18 p.m. PST
Flamethrowers: Five Facts You Probably Didn’t Know	3	07 May 2019 4:06 p.m. PST
History of the Mule	3	04 May 2019 10:31 a.m. PST
Very Few Know The History of The Queens Guard,	3	03 May 2019 10:20 a.m. PST
Favorite Roosevelt?	33	01 May 2019 9:35 a.m. PST
A 17th century Inuit massacre site found.	6	27 Apr 2019 8:18 p.m. PST
Guernica!	3	26 Apr 2019 3:51 p.m. PST
Turning points	7	23 Apr 2019 8:44 a.m. PST
The Top 5 Qualities of a Bad Battlefield Commander are...	5	22 Apr 2019 6:26 p.m. PST
American Heritage Museum in Hudson, MA	2	22 Apr 2019 2:40 p.m. PST
DUCK BOARDS	4	22 Apr 2019 1:55 p.m. PST
Myths & Misconceptions: Redcoats!	3	20 Apr 2019 2:54 p.m. PST
R.I.P. Lee Burger	7	12 Apr 2019 1:47 p.m. PST
There Is No Scientific Proof That War Is Ingrained...	15	10 Apr 2019 10:32 a.m. PST
John Lennon? Disappointing!	20	09 Apr 2019 1:36 p.m. PST
Who are the biggest scoundrels in American history?	156	09 Apr 2019 10:20 a.m. PST
Do we need to decolonise history? And if so, how?	17	05 Apr 2019 3:59 p.m. PST
Best Military Academy? West Point!	13	05 Apr 2019 12:05 p.m. PST
Scientists Virtually Reconstruct Magnificent Pre-Incan	5	02 Apr 2019 11:17 a.m. PST
Place Names	8	01 Apr 2019 4:39 p.m. PST
War is the only place...	29	01 Apr 2019 4:37 p.m. PST