Category: Military History

Lessons from the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda, three decades after the genocide it failed to stop

Lessons from the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda, three decades after the genocide it failed to stop

by | Sep 25, 2025 | , , | 0

Reading time: 6 minutes
Dispatched with a fatally timid mission, many ordinary U.N. soldiers in Rwanda took extraordinary actions, using diplomacy, cultural awareness and community engagement. Their actions saved close to 30,000 lives, according to Romeo Dallaire, who led the U.N.’s deployment in Rwanda. Learning from what actually worked on this famously failed mission can save lives in the future.

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Napoleon’s bicentenary: why celebrating the French emperor has become so controversial

Napoleon’s bicentenary: why celebrating the French emperor has become so controversial

by | Sep 23, 2025 | , , | 0

Reading time: 5 minutes
Napoleon Bonaparte may have died 200 years ago, but the vast ramifications of his rule can still be felt – and not only in France. This year marks the last in a series of bicentenaries since 1969, the 200th anniversary of his birth, but the chance to give the most famous emperor in French history another send-off is proving distinctly tricky – and not only because of COVID-19 restrictions.

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How the Great War shaped the foundations of Australia’s future

How the Great War shaped the foundations of Australia’s future

by | Sep 10, 2025 | , , | 0

Reading time: 9 minutes
It is striking that 2015 is the 110th anniversary of the Gallipoli offensive, the 80th anniversary of end of the Second World War in the Pacific, and the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. This is a good time to reflect not only on the actions of those wars, but on their consequences and their enduring legacies.

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Rome’s Greatest Technological Developments

Rome’s Greatest Technological Developments

by | Jul 30, 2025 | | 0

Reading time: 7 minutes
Rome.
The capital city of modern day Italy, and one of the most famous, successful and longest-lasting empires to ever exist on planet Earth.
The Romans, both in the eras of the Roman Republic and the Empire, had a knack for stealing, adapting, and improving upon technologies, tactics, and ideas they encountered from other cultures – often those they fought, ranging from the Etruscans to the Greeks and Persians.

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