Battle of Abritus:  On a sweltering summer evening in the year 251 AD, the emperor Trajan Decius offers a sacrifice to Jupiter Optimus Maximus at a wild and overgrown patch of earth in the place the Romans called Missia Inferior. An altar has been erected fo…

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Battle of Arausio:   It is an autumn morning, 105 BC. From his camp positioned near the Rhône river, Roman commander Quintus Servilius Caipio waited in anticipation for the looming battle . An enormous Roman army, numbering over 100,000 including camp followe…

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It was a warm summer morning, June 28th, 1940. The Italian light cruisers Giovanni delle Bandinere and Bartolomeo, led by Admiral Casardi, had been at sea for several days. They knew allied patrols in the Mediterranean complicated their mission. Then right …

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Echoes of Valor: The Battle of Badung Strait, 1942: February 1942. As the Dutch light cruiser de Ruyter steamed through the night in the Badung Strait, the collective tension among the crew manifested in the creaks and murmurs of the ship. In the distance, on…

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On an unusually warm February afternoon in 1942, a convoy of the Imperial Japanese Navy sailed through the Java Sea. Suddenly, Natchi's scout plane relayed a worrying message. Two columns of an allied striking force were spotted nearby. As sailors donned …

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February 1942. As the Dutch light cruiser de Ruyter steamed through the night in the Badung Strait, the collective tension among the crew manifested in the creaks and murmurs of the ship. In the distance, on the horizon, some pointed to the looming silhoue…

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