This reading group guide for When the Sea Came Alive includes an introduction, discussion questions, ideas for enhancing your book club, and a Q&A with author Garrett M. Graff....
Naval Battle Of Lissa, 1866
The Battle of Lissa or Battle of Vis (Croatian: Bitka kod Visa) took place on 20 July 1866 in the Adriatic Sea near the Dalmatian island of Vis (Lissa in Italian) and was a...
Battle Of Sekigahara, 1600, In The Civil War In Japan From 1573 To 1615
The Battle of Sekigahara took place on October 21, 1600 in what is now Gifu Prefecture on the Japanese island of Honshu at the end of the Sengoku period. This battle was fought by...
German Submarines Combats In The Second World War
The Kriegsmarine (War Navy) was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It replaced the German Imperial Navy of the German Empire (1871-1918) and the interwar Reichsmarine...
Battle Of Dunkirk, 1658, In A Franco-spanish War
Seventeenth-century Europe was dominated by the struggle between the Bourbon kings of France and their Habsburg rivals in Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. The Franco-Spanish War...
Matrix For A Study Of Military History
I was inspired to build this work by reading Arnold Toynbee s book, A Study of History, and Trevor N. Dupuy s Future Wars. Between 2005 and 2007 I acquired a collection of board...
Catalog Of Wars Historical Simulations, Created By
Since 2010 I have published the following series of simulations: I. Historical Simulation of the Wars of the First Empires; II. Historical Simulation of the Wars in Classical...
Persian Campaigns In The Medes Wars, 494 - 479 Bc
The Medes Wars (494-479 BC) were the first in history to feature large-scale naval operations: not only naval battles between squadrons with hundreds of trirems on either side,...
Battle Of Rethel, 1650, Of The Fronde In France
The Civil Wars in France between 1648 and 1653, collectively known as "The Fronde", occurred in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which began in 1635. King Louis XIV faced the...
Battle Of Freiburg, 1644, In The Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years War from 1618 to 1648 is considered one of the most destructive wars in European history. It is estimated that between 4.5 and 8 million soldiers and civilians...
