The Great Terror — Inside Stalin’s Infamous Red Army Purge
“There was no German-inspired conspiracy in the Soviet military. Nevertheless, the purge continued into 1938 and cost the Red Army dearly.” By Peter Whitewood ON JUNE 11, 1937, Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky and a group of…
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…
Christmas Truce Eyewitness — Irish Great War Vet Recalls the Famous Ceasefire of 1914
“It was Christmas Day and the ceasefire held. With the sun fully up, Germans suddenly appeared in No Man’s Land.” By Brendan Farrell MY GRANDFATHER, Peter Farrell of Drumconrath, County Meath, like many thousands of…
The Arctic Convoys — Inside the Second World War’s Gruelling Polar Naval Campaign
“It was possibly the harshest place on Earth to conduct a war and led to Churchill describing the Arctic convoys as ‘the worst journey in the world.’” By John McKay THE ARCTIC convoys were a…
Child Soldiers of the U.S. Civil War — Just How Rare Was Underage Enlistment in Armies of the Era?
“If military physicians strongly opposed youth enlistment, and plenty of parents fought to retain authority over sons up to age 21, how did so many boys below 18 end up in the army?” By Rebecca…
The Girardoni Air Rifle – Why Didn’t More 18th Century Armies Rush to Adopt This Experimental Rapid-Fire Infantry Weapon?
“The Girardoni was the first repeating rifle to see regular military service and the first to employ a tubular magazine. It featured a magazine of 22 shots and had an effective range of 125 yards.”…
