Category: Units
Crash Landings Only — The Harrowing Job of the WW2 Combat Glider Pilot
“Their missions were so dangerous that they earned an Air Medal for each, the equivalent of a Bronze Star.” By Scott McGaugh WHEN WARS begin, those who volunteer or who are drafted enter a universe…
The Philippine Resistance – How WW2’s Forgotten Guerrilla Movement Helped Bring Down Japan
“Guerrillas endured pervasive exhaustion, disease, and malnourishment. They engaged in irregular warfare, espionage, prison raids and sabotage.” By James Kelly Morningstar WHAT IF I told you that one of the most important campaigns of World…
The Russian Liberation Army – Meet the Legion of Soviet POWs Who Joined the Nazis to Fight Stalin
“Vlasov didn’t see himself as a traitor to Russia; he sought to liberate his homeland from the ruthless Stalin.” By Mari K. Eder IT WAS JUST after VE Day in May of 1945 when James…
‘Hands and Arms of Iron’ – The Life of Solider During the Wars of the Roses
“The medieval soldier’s experience in the Wars of the Roses is unique and not what we are led to believe in history books.” By Andrew Boardman THE SCARCITY OF reliable contemporary military evidence for the…
Warfare in the Mariana Islands – Portrait of a Chamorro Warrior
“With the appearance of Europeans on the islands, new weapons and a different outlook on tactics and objectives forever changed the nature of warfare in the Marianas.” By George Yagi Jr. TODAY, MUCH IS known…
Wellington’s Irish Soldiers — Meet the Troops Who Helped the British Hold the Line at Waterloo
“That regiment with the castles on their caps is composed of the most obstinate mules I ever saw. They don’t know when they are beaten.” — Napoleon Bonaparte By Brendan Farrell FOR ALMOST a millennium,…
