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Airborne Landing to Air Assault: A History of Military Parachuting by Nikolaos Theotokis

Published by Pen & Sword Books LTD, available from Casemate PublishersNikolaos Theotokis’ Airborne Landing to Air Assault traces the evolution of military parachuting from a novelty akin to aerial barnstorming,…

Battle of the Pacific; Tanks in the Philippines 1944-45; Raf Fighters vs Ju 87 Stuka; Wilde Sau Nightfighters; Philippines 1944; Son Tay 1970

Being there . . . in such limited word-print space, favorite buffs, enthusiasts, and aficionados,that this bibliophile, lover of books, promises to write less Foreword, allowing the freed-upmiles of extra…

Garibaldi

Review by Martin Koenigsberg Just finished my 10th Book Review of the Year!! Right around the same time as the American Civil War, another large modern state was uniting through…

Few Stills from upcoming War Movie Wolf Hound (2019)

Wolf Hound is an upcoming World War II movie based on the real life German program “KG 200” (Kampfgeschwader 200, a German Luftwaffe special operations unit during carried out especially…

Being there . . . . to sit among the OKW Oberkommando der Wehrmacht

Being there . . . . to sit among the OKW Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (The German Armed Forces High Command) strategic planning masterminds to examine and establish new principles of…

Pfc. John H. Walker Missing in 1944 at Hürtgen Forest has been located

The DPAA has announced today that Army Pfc. John H. Walker, missing since November 1944 at Hürtgen Forest (“Hürtgenwald”) during World War II, has now been accounted for after being…

Memorial for Fallen Soldiers in Klessin during World War 2 seeking Funds

Wuhdener Heimatverein is calling for donations to create and erect a memorial park for fallen soldiers of both te German and Soviet Army that fell here in 1945. The memorial…

The Petite Curies of World War One

Marie Curie – Second from right Marie Curie may be one of the world’s best-known scientists, but some of her most important work took place not in the laboratory, but…

Sniping Rifles in the war against Japan 1941-45

Review by Martin Koenigsberg Sniping Rifles in the War Against Japan 1941-45, pretty much goes like the title tells you. John Walter, the author is a weapons expert and military…

The Irony of the Treaty of Versailles

U.S. Newspaper, November 11, 1918. Signed on June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles officially ended the First World War and became the catalyst for the Second. The Paris Peace…