REVIEW: Disaster before D-Day – Unraveling the Tragedy at Slapton Sands
An eye-opening expose of the Pre-D-Day disaster and incident of friendly fire tragedy and cover up that was the Slapton Sands. This training disaster resulted in the loss of 746…
Hoosier Spies and Horse Marines; Boy General of the 11th Alabama
Meanwhile, Don splendidly describes how in the spring of 1861 John Caldwell CalhounSanders, a 21-year-old cadet at the University of Alabama, helped organize a company of the11 th Alabama Volunteer…
The Citadelle and Québec City
Canada and the US have been close allies for over a century. But it wasn’t always this way, and the Citadelle of Québec City and its surroundings are proof. The…
Bastogne: The Road Block
Review by Martin Koenigsberg I just finished my 96th Book Review of the Year!! The principles of Storm Trooper/Blitzkrieg warfare are clear- start the offensive by flowing forward – avoiding…
Operation Market Garden brought in Stunning Colorized Images
Operation Market Garden brought in stunning colorized images. Operation Market Garden, which began on September 17 and ended on September 25, was an unsuccessful Allied military operation sustaining between 15,000-17,000…
The US Eighth Airforce in World War II; Flying Fortress Gunner
general in 1943, the mild-mannered Eaker, the following year, was promoted Commander ofAllied Forces in the Mediterranean. Flying from bases in Italy, Ira’s new combined fleet of 17sand 24s continued…
The Wolf Children; Transforming Hitler’s Germany
forbidden to take them in because they were “fascist children”. For decades their fates hadremained overlooked by Germany, even the government of the unified new Germany. Truly,this one of unfortunate…
Warship Builders and the Liberty Factory
Warship Builders – An Industrial History of U.S. Naval Ship Building, 1922-1945, by Thomas Heinrich (Naval Institute Press, 2021, 346pp, $29). Liberty Factory – The Untold Story of Henry Kaiser’s…
Visiting the Military Technical Museum in Ivanovskoye
In the village of Ivanovskoye, within the urban district of Chernogolovka, 40 km from Moscow, you will find a wonderful but little-known technical museum, called the Military Technical Museum. It…
