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More on Paul Allen’s Discovery of the Musashi
By Michael E. HaskewPaul Allen is one of the wealthiest men in the world. In fact, Forbes magazine ranks him 51st with a net worth of approximately $17.5 billion. Read more
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The Oseberg Viking Ship
by Michael HaskewWithout the use of their fine longships that carried the Vikings along narrow rivers and across the open seas, the era of Norse expansion could not have occurred. Read more
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Operation Weseruebung: the German Invasion of Norway & Denmark
By William WelshThe German invasion of Denmark and Norway, known as Operation Weseruebung, heralded a new stage in warfare in which cooperation of air, land, and sea forces was essential for successful offensive operations. Read more
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The Feud Between Stephen Crane and Teddy Roosevelt
By Roy Morris, Jr.Among the small battalion of war correspondents on hand to witness the charge up San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898, was a slender, sallow young writer named Stephen Crane. Read more
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Ace Combat: Joint Assault
by Joseph LusterAce Combat games aren’t exactly known for being precision flight sims, or sims of any kind, for that matter. Read more
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The Battle of France: Furor Teutonicus & Gallic Débâcle
By Blaine TaylorThe year 1939 was one of massive military parades across Europe. On April 20, the largest ever was held in Berlin to celebrate Adolf Hitler’s birthday, complete with the paratroopers, wheeled artillery, tanks, half-tracks for motorized infantry, and overhead Luftwaffe fly-bys that would mark the coming campaigns and revolutionize warfare forever. Read more
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May 1940: Allied Leadership Was On the Brink
By Blaine TaylorIn May and June of 1940 the attacking Germans had a supreme authority, Hitler, and an army that—if skeptical, even in places traitorous—was subdued and followed orders with astonishing competence. Read more
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The Bell UH-1 Huey & the Hughes OH-6 Loach
By Michael HaskewThe helicopter came of age during the Vietnam War, performing a variety of tasks from troop transportation and deployment to the evacuation of wounded personnel, the delivery of supplies, offensive firepower, and observation. Read more
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American Civil War Timeline – Southern Offensives Turned Back
by William E. WelshConfederate offensives into two border states, Maryland and Kentucky, formed the key highlights of the second half of 1862 for the Confederacy. Read more
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Slitherine Group’s Order of Battle: Pacific
By Joseph LusterFans of classic-style strategy games will be delighted to know that Slitherine Ltd. has another gem on their hands; if they’re not waist-deep into playing it already, that is. Read more
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The U.S. Cavalry: Boots, Saddles & Tanks
By Ted PulliamOn June 15, 1930, a poised cadet from the Virginia Military Institute proudly drove his dilapidated old Ford through the gates of Fort Myer, Va., Read more
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Stuka Legend Hans-Ulrich Rudel
By Michael E. HaskewThe Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive-bomber proved itself an effective weapon of terror during the Spanish Civil War as part of Hitler’s Condor Legion. Read more
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Wartime Industrial Colossus
By Christopher MiskimonAs spring turned to summer in 1941, America’s thoughts turned unwillingly toward war. While the nation was still reluctant to enter World War II, it now realized it needed to prepare its military, which had languished in the funding-starved 1930s. Read more
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The Last Battle of the Nez Perce War
By William E. WelshOn an early autumn day along Snake Creek in the Montana Territory Nez Perce children played with sticks and mud balls. Read more
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Game Reviews – Whirlwind Over Vietnam
by Joseph LusterOne of the odd joys of the 21st century is being able to see ourselves as others see us via the games they make about us. Read more
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Bruno Mussolini’s Untimely Death
by Michael HaskewThe Piaggio P-108 Bombardiere was a promising aircraft. Its four powerful engines and substantial 7,700-pound bomb payload gave it strategic capabilities, the only bomber produced in wartime Italy that could make that claim. Read more
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The Battle of Cedar Creek Offers Insight into Valley’s Final Months
By William E. WelshOut of the mist on the rolling ground of the Shenandoah Valley the bulk of the Confederate Army bore down on the Union left flank on the morning of October 19, 1864. Read more
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The Prussian Army at the Battle of Waterloo
by Michael HaskewTwo centuries after his catastrophic defeat, historians may well point to Napoleon Bonaparte’s supreme self-confidence as his worst enemy at the Battle of Waterloo, fought June 18, 1815. Read more
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Marshal Ney and His Biggest Mistake at the Battle of Waterloo
By Michael HaskewKnown as the “bravest of the brave” to the soldiers of the French Army, Marshal Ney was one of the original 18 Marshals of the French Empire. Read more
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Operation Torch: The Allied Invasion of North Africa
By Roy Morris Jr.The Allied decision to invade North Africa, codenamed Operation Torch, was reached in the summer of 1942 after lengthy—and sometimes bitter—arguments between interested parties. Read more
