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Collecting Medieval Military Books
By William McPeakThe special packaging of the printed word between compact durable covers and a stitched spine—the book—is one of humanity’s greatest and most enduring achievements. Read more
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The OSS and the Fourth Dimension of Warfare
By Bob BerginMajor General John K. Singlaub was a young airborne lieutenant when he took up an offer from the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) to become engaged in “hazardous duty behind enemy lines.” Read more
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Hazardous Duty with the Naval Armed Guard
By Russell CorderThey have been called “the other Navy,” the “Navy’s stepchildren,” and perhaps most fittingly, “the forgotten Navy.” Officially, however, they were the Naval Armed Guard or more simply the Armed Guard (AG). Read more
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How the Battle of Surigao Strait Brought Revenge for Pearl Harbor
By David Alan JohnsonAt 2:43 pm on October 24, 1944, one day before the Battle of Surigao Strait, Rear Admiral Jesse B. Read more
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The Battle of Pea Ridge: Showdown in the Ozarks
By Joshua Van DereckFor three weeks in February 1862, Union Brig. Gen. Samuel Curtis led his Army of the Southwest on a 200-mile advance southward across the Ozark plateau in Missouri and into northern Arkansas. Read more
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Escape into Arizona’s Desert: German Prisoners in World War II
By Adam LynchOn Christmas Eve, 1944, Colonel William Holden, commander of the prisoner of war camp at Phoenix, Arizona, suddenly lost all hope for a happy holiday. Read more
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The Battle of Aachen: Breaking Down the Door to Europe in WWII
By Flint WhitlockBy the autumn of 1944, German resistance in the West was quickly crumbling as the British and Americans approached the German border 233 days ahead of schedule. Read more
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Disaster at Queenston Heights
By Chuck LyonsIn June 1812, the United States, provoked by arrogant British actions on the high seas and its support of hostile Indians in the Northwest Territories, declared war on Great Britain and immediately began planning an invasion of British-held Canada. Read more
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The Rangers’ British Padre: Father Albert Basil
By Michael D. HullOne day shortly after the Battle of El Guettar in central Tunisia in March 1943, Colonel William O. Read more
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Battle of Camarón: Legendary Last Stand of the French Foreign Legion
By Robert Barr SmithNear Marseilles, at Aubagne, stands the modern home of the French Foreign Legion. Its spotless grounds include a massive stone pile, the Monument aux Morts, which commemorates the Legion dead of the past 175 years. Read more
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Pacific War, 1945: The Final Chapter
By Christopher MiskimonManila was the first large city the U.S. Army had to take in the Pacific War. Covering 110 square miles, it had many stone and concrete buildings, perfect defensive positions for the Japanese. Read more
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Robert Forsyth’s ‘To Save an Army’
By Christopher MiskimonThe Battle of Stalingrad consumed human beings and military supplies at a horrifying rate. Once Soviet forces managed to encircle the German Sixth Army, its fate was ensured unless it could be sustained. Read more
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James A. Villanueva’s ‘Awaiting MacArthur’s Return’
By Christopher MiskimonThe first significant guerrilla action against the invading Japanese troops took place in January 1942, while fighting against the combined Filipino and American army was still ongoing. Read more
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Lt. Col., Ret., Timothy R. Stoy’s ‘Sharpen Your Bayonets’
By Christopher Miskimon“Iron Mike” O’Daniel was already an experienced soldier when he took command of the 3rd Infantry Division in World War II. Read more
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Paul Bingley and Mike Peters’ ‘Bomb Group: The Eighth Air Force’s 381st and the Allied Offensive over Europe’
By Christopher MiskimonThe 381st Bombardment Group formed up at an airfield in Texas, trained, and then crossed the Atlantic to England in May 1943. Read more
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Robert Forsyth’s ‘Dogfight Me 262 Northwest Europe 1944-45’
By Christopher MiskimonWhen the Luftwaffe first flew the Me 262 jet fighter against the Allied air forces in the summer of 1944, it made a fearful impression. Read more
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Jonathan Trigg’s ‘To VE Day Through German Eyes’
By Christopher MiskimonWhen the Wehrmacht in Western Europe collapsed in August 1944, it seemed a great opportunity, coinciding with similar great defeats on the Eastern Front that summer. Read more
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Mark Lardas’ ‘The Capture of U-505’
By Christopher MiskimonGermany’s Enigma device provided its navy with secure coding equipment for secret communications. On his own initiative, U.S. Read more
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Wilhelm Langbein and Heidi Langbein-Allen’s ‘Save the Last Bullet
By Christopher MiskimonFourteen-year-old Willi Langbein crouched in a foxhole, four panzerfaust antitank weapons stacked next to him. Ten meters to either side was another foxhole with another teenaged soldier huddling against the chill and the fear. Read more
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Paul Ballard-Whyte’s ‘Lucky Hitler’s Big Mistakes’
By Christopher MiskimonFrom the time he served in the German Army during world War I through to the early years of World War II, Adolf Hitler seemed to lead a charmed life. Read more
