Category: Units
The Imperial Camel Corps — Meet Britain’s Unconventional Mounted Desert Fighters of WW1
“The camels carried soldiers, supplies, and sometimes even wounded, proving their worth as indispensable ‘ships of the desert.’” IN A conflict often characterized by the rise of new technology, a group of First World War…
Freikorps — How Germany’s Post-WWI Paramilitaries Paved the Way for the Nazis
“A de facto army operating independently from government control, they played a decisive role in post-war Germany.” THE Freikorps or “free corps,” were paramilitary groups that arose in Germany in the turbulent years immediately following…
Local Boys — Exploring the Remarkable Figures in Just One Great War Battalion
“During its time on the front lines, the battalion saw action in some of the bloodiest battles on the Western Front.” By Mark Carmichael THE BRITISH EMPIRE fielded hundreds of battalions to fight for the…
From Victory to Defeat — Why the Triumphant British Army of 1918 Was So Unready for War in 1939
“The British Army wasn’t prepared to fight a first-class European army in 1939 for the simple reason that Britain hadn’t prepared itself to do so.” By Dr. Robert Lyman THE BRITISH ARMY was catastrophically unprepared…
The Nurses of MASH — Meet the Real Women Behind The Characters From the Iconic Korean War TV Series
“Whether running the triage for incoming wounded, scrubbing up for the OR, holding the hand of a dying GI, or even rolling up their own sleves when blood supplies were short, their workloads never lightened.”…
The U.S. Sharpshooters – Meet One of the Civil War’s Deadliest Fighting Units
“The U.S. Sharpshooters were essentially a 20th century battle unit, fighting a 19th century war.” By Jim Stempel JULY 2, 1863, 4 p.m.: The great Confederate turning movement at Gettysburg, which was meant to roll-up…
