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General Omar Bradley: Dwight D Eisenhower’s Indispensible Lieutenant
By Cole KingseedGreat commanders need great subordinates. In the campaigns in the Mediterranean and European Theaters of World War II, General Dwight D. Read more
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The British Empire Returns to Sudan
By Kevin MorrowJust a few hours beyond sunset, the Anglo-Egyptian army stopped to rest, officers and men stretching out on blankets on the desert floor. Read more
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Attack And Defend, The Classic Quandary
In the title role of the film classic Patton, actor George C. Scott utters words to the effect that fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man. Read more
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Ralph Coyne: The Dark Blue Double Diamond
By Ken Wright“We shall not be content with a defensive war,” stated British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during his speech to the House of Commons immediately after the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Forces from Dunkirk on June 4, 1940. Read more
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Clash in the Caribbean
By David A. NorrisUnexpected maneuvers by British Admiral George Brydges Rodney had scrambled the traditional engagement formation of the two fleets. Read more
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Metal Thunder
By Joseph LusterDeveloper and publisher Dumbbell Games released the aerial combat game Metal Thunder in Early Access on Steam back in November 2024. Read more
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Europa Universalis V
By Joseph LusterIf grand strategy is your bread and butter, your plate is going to be especially loaded with the impending return of the Europa Universalis series. Read more
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Patton’s Panthers: The Story of the 761st Tank Battalion
By Charles W. SasserIn the Academy Award-winning film Patton, the setting was all wrong when actor George C. Scott delivered General George S. Read more
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The Madman of the Mountain: Adolf Hitler’s Personal Life
By Charles WhitingAdolf Hitler loved children. Before the war consumed all his energies he entertained children at his holiday home on the “mountain” all the time. Read more
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The USS Goodhue & A Torrent of Kamikazes at Okinawa
By Duane E. ShafferMore than 60 years ago, in April 1945, the war in Europe was winding down to its inevitable conclusion. Read more
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P-51 Mustang: The Untamed Beast of the Skies
By Sam McGowanIf a single airplane has captured the public imagination more than any other, it is undoubtedly the North American P-51 Mustang fighter. Read more
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Photographing the Battle of Antietam
By Roy Morris, Jr.Two days after the unparalleled bloodletting at Antietam, a bushy-bearded Scottish photographer and his pudgy, clean-shaven assistant rolled onto the battlefield with their bulky stereoscopic cameras and portable darkroom. Read more
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The Thunder of Operation Gallop
By Pat McTaggartAs Adolf Hitler’s vaunted Sixth Army lay in its death throes in the ruins of Stalingrad, German forces to the west of the city faced their own kind of hell. Read more
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WWII Secrets: The Mysterious Inga Arvad
By Peter KrossShortly before Pearl Harbor, an attractive Danish journalist arrived in the United States to pursue a writing career. Read more
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Stonewall Jackson and John Gibbon at Brawner’s Farm
By John WalkerThe ground around Manassas, Virginia, was not auspicious for Union Army forces in the first two years of the Civil War. Read more
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The CSS Alabama’s Place in Naval History
By Roy Morris, Jr.The CSS Alabama went to her watery grave on June 19, 1864, off the coast of France, but the lingering effects of her wartime successes made naval history: she continued to haunt the American and British governments for years to come, embroiling the two English-speaking nations in a legal test of wills that would last well into the next decade. Read more
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Darter & Dace at the Battle of Leyte Gulf
By David Alan JohnsonAs soon as he arrived on the bridge of the submarine USS Dace, Lt. Cmdr. Rafael C. Read more
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Iron Annie: The Junkers Ju-52
By William E. WelshShortly before dawn on May 20, 1941, a flight of 500 transport planes took off from seven airstrips on mainland Greece. Read more
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Freedom or Death: The Hungarian Uprising of 1956
By Todd Avery Raffensperger“To the Great Stalin, from the grateful Hungarian People,” read the inscription on a 24-foot-high bronze statue of Joseph Stalin on the grounds of Budapest City Park, erected in 1951 to honor the tyrant of the Soviet Union. Read more
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William Alexander: Hero of the American Revolution
By William Be. AllmonOf all the generals who fought on the Patriot side during the American Revolution, none was more renowned than New York City native William Alexander, better known to his contemporaries as “Lord Stirling.” Read more
