The UH-1 became an icon of the Vietnam War, ferrying troops to and from the Battlefield.   More »

World War I’s Battle of Verdun was designed to bleed France white. It did, and Germany, too…   More »

For nearly eight centuries, mortars have been wreaking havoc on besieged towns, trenches, and stationary enemy troops.   More »

The Boys Anti-tank Rifle was an early attempt to stop Axis tanks and armored vehicles during World War II.
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Recently declassified documents reveal the preparedness of Japanese forces to meet an American invasion of Kyushu during Operation Olympic.   More »

By Christopher Miskimon
Special Forces Sergeant Nick Brokhausen awoke to the taste of dirt in his mouth and the crump of exploding mortar bombs. Above him there were voices but he could not tell who they were. Hands pulled him from the ground where he had been lying face down. Nick   More »

By Pat McTaggart
It was called Nordlicht, or Northern Lights. With Hitler’s drive toward Stalingrad in full swing, the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW—German Armed Forces High Command) was also planning to end the almost year-long siege of Leningrad in a two-pronged attack to capture the city.
Failing to take Leningrad in 1941,   More »

The defense of the ‘Admin Box’ in the Arakan region of Burma was a turning point that greatly boosted the morale of British and Indian troops.   More »

By Michael Hull
As powerful, fast-moving German panzer and infantry columnsrampaged across Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, and into northern France early in May 1940, the British held their breath and watched apprehensively from across the narrow English Channel.
The lightning “blitzkrieg” advance split the retreating French and British armies, and the outlook was   More »

The British PIAT (Projector Infantry Anti-Tank) gun was maligned, but effective against enemy armor.   More »