Europe
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White Roses and Champgne in Châlons: Choosing America’s World War I Unknown (October 24, 1921)
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Selecting America’s World War I Unknown On the morning of October 24, 1921, a U.S. Army sergeant walked into the Hôtel de Ville—the city hall—of…
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Muskets and Barrels at Porto: Twin Strikes on the Douro (March–May 1809)
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PART 1: Military History The Douro Becomes a Front The Douro is a wine river first. For centuries before Napoleon’s armies ever reached it, the…
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Blood and Wine at Himera
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Where Greek and Carthaginian Sicily Collided, Twice Sicily has always been a contested island. It sits dead center in the Mediterranean, close enough to Africa…
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Operation Dragoon: The Other D-Day, and the Summer the Provence Vineyards Got Their Harvest Back
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PART 1: Military History The South of France as a Second Front By the summer of 1944, the Allied problem in France was not that…
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Caporetto: Where the Front Collapsed and the Vineyards Survived
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PART 1: Military History A Border Drawn and Redrawn The hills north of the Gulf of Trieste have been a contested seam for as long…
Stephen Carney
I have been a military historian, a teacher (college and university), and leadership development professional for nearly 30 years. I spent the last 23 years as a U.S. Army civilian historian. I am now redirecting my passion and experience to create Vivi Bellum!
