Hitler’s Northeast Passage – Inside Nazi Germany’s Secret Arctic Sea-Route to the Pacific
“Not only could merchant ships return home from Japan, carrying vital war cargoes, auxiliary cruisers from Germany could also use it to gain direct access to the Pacific.” By Stephen Robinson THE OUTBREAK of World…
The International Brigades – Meet the Anti-Fascist Foreign Volunteers of the Spanish Civil War
“The popular image of the International Brigades being full of writers, poets and intellectuals – such as George Orwell and Ernest Hemingway – is in fact a misconception.” By Alexander Clifford THE SPANISH CIVIL War…
American Infantry Weapons of the Vietnam War
By Sam Bocetta AMERCIAN SOLDIERS went into battle in Vietnam armed with more than a dozen different types of infantry weapons. Many were throwbacks to earlier conflicts; others were new and untested. Here is a…
Abandoned Invasions — Seven Attack Plans That Might Have Changed History
“Today, the East Bloc war plan stands as just one of history’s many hypothetical military campaigns that were mapped out but never brought to fruition. Here are some others.” THE SOVIET UNION’S LARGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT OIL…
Scout Dogs at War – How U.S. Army K-9 Patrols Sniffed Out the Enemy in Korea
“The only scout dog team involved during the Korean conflict, the 26th ISDP took part in more than 1,500 combat patrols during the course of the war.” By Michael Lemish SUBMITTED FOR YOUR approval is…
The ‘Royal American’ Rifles – Inside the 5/60th Regiment, Wellington’s Deadly Skirmishers of the Peninsular War
“The unit that had proved so deadly was the 5th Battalion of the 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot: the first rifle battalion in the British Army.” By Rob Griffith SEPT. 1, 1813: Jean-de-Dieu Soult,…
