Weapon Technology
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Blaauwberg 1806: The Battle for the Cape and the Wines of Empire
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On a hot January morning in 1806, British and Batavian troops lined up across a stretch of wind-blown dunes north of Cape Town. The fight…
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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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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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Mississippi Rifles in Wine Country: The Skirmish at Rancho Olómpali
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PART 1: Military History California on the Edge, 1846 In the early summer of 1846, California was still nominally Mexican, but not in any way…
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Fort George, Icewine, and the Guns That Cracked the Niagara
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PART 1: Military History A Narrow River That Decided a War Most Americans remember the War of 1812, if they remember it at all, as…
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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!
