Barbary Wars Archives – UNTO THE BREACH

August 3 in U.S. military history

1804: During the First Barbary War, Commodore Edward Preble’s Mediterranean Squadron begins his first bombardment of Tripoli Harbor. Commanding a

Featured image: “… to the shores of Tripoli…” Lt. Presley O’Bannon leading Marines during the Battle of Derna, inspiring the

Came across this 2004 article by Christopher Hitchens while studying the United States’ dealings with pirates (emphasis mine): America’s two