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The Battle of Montcel-Frétoy — History’s Last Fight Between Mounted Lancers
“The action was quickly overshadowed by greater events, just as the traditional role of the cavalryman was overtaken by the realities of modern warfare.” By Alexander Zakrzewski ON THE morning of Sept. 7, 1914, Lieutenant-Colonel…
The Defence of Van – Inside the Stubborn Armenian Resistance That Presaged One of the First World War’s Bloodiest Chapters
“In a foreshadowing of the great urban battles of the Second World War, the Ottomans found fighting street-to-street, house-to-house, and often hand-to-hand in a dense urban environment frustratingly difficult.” By Alexander Zakrzewski Over a hundred…
Cold Steel at Krasnobród – Inside the Curious WW2 Battle that Saw Cavalry Fight Cavalry
“The two sides smashed into one another, and for a few minutes the hillside on the sleepy outskirts of Krasnobród resembled a scene from the Napoleonic Wars as sabre met sabre in frenzied hand-to-hand combat.”…
The Hatimura Blast – Convoy SC-107 and the Explosion that Shook the Atlantic
“The resulting shockwave rocked every ship in around the convoy.” By Alexander Zakrzewski ON THE AFTERNOON of Oct. 30, 1942, the Liverpool-bound convoy SC-107 was about 50 miles southeast of Newfoundland – barely out of…
Otto Rahn – Meet the Nazi ‘Indiana Jones’ Behind the Third Reich’s Hunt for the Holy Grail
“In the insane world of Nazi pseudo-academia, Rahn became a celebrity, highly sought-after for lectures and speaking engagements.” By Alexander Zakrzewski AMONG THE casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic is the long-awaited fifth instalment of the…
