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Joseph Stalin, “The Man of Steel” – A Terrifying Titan On The Eastern Front

The Second World War saw the rise of some truly monumental figures, on both sides of the conflict. With leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt in America…

Marine Who Held Machine Gun Alone Was Found Next Morning With Over 200 Dead Enemies Around Him

Jeff Edwards

The history of war is comprised of many occupational specialties necessary for military victory.  Within the culture of Military Service, one would often find rivalries…

Sergeant “Smokey” Smith VC: “I Don’t Take Prisoners, I’m Paid to Kill Them”

If you ask any combat infantryman, you will hear that there are men who make their life easy in garrison and men who make their…

Attack on Pearl Harbor – Awakening The Sleeping Giant

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It is a fact that the attack on Pearl Harbor is amongst the darkest pages in the history of the United States. It was the…

The Battle of Morgarten – Against All The Odds, One Small Army Changed the Course of European Military History

The supremacy of heavy cavalry and mounted knights on the battlefield came to an end one cold November morning in 1315, and it began with…

Thaman Gurung, V.C. – A Brave Gurkha gives his Life to save his Comrades in WW2

Since their first interactions with the British East India Company in 1814, the Gurkhas are renowned for their bravery and skill in combat. These Nepalese…

“FIGHTER! – Ten Killer Planes of World War II” – Review by Mark Barnes

I don’t get to see many aviation art books doing this job so this collection by Jim Laurier is most welcome. He is not an…

General Lucian Truscott, Possibly The Best American General Of WWII

There is no doubt that many officers during the two World Wars rose through the ranks on the basis of their experience and previous service.…

Missing Both Legs, This RAF Fighter Ace Took Out 22 Germans Planes, Then Escaped Multiple POW Camps

Life with amputated legs can prove difficult for even the most mundane of tasks require extra effort.  But trying taking on the German Luftwaffe and…

The Japanese Tried A Second Raid On Pearl Harbor – It Was Not A Success

Everyone knows about the first bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Less well known, however, was the second attack. And there was almost a third……

Underestimating the Enemy – The French Military Disaster At Dien Bien Phu

Arrogance. Ignorance. Poor planning. These were the weapons with which French commanders fought the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and with which they ensured their…

The WW1 Q-Ships Were Heavily-Armed Decoy Vessels, Designed To Lure Unsuspecting U-Boats Into A Trap

At the end of July 1918 the British Royal Navy vessel HMS Stock Force was under the command of Lieutenant Harold Auten of the Royal…