All About ArchDuke Franz Ferdinand
You may know that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the reason that World War I was begun, but who was he really? And why did his assassination spark one of the…
Writing the Wild Frontier
A. Michener, Larry McMurtry (thanks, Larry, I’ve watcher “Lonesome Dove” 14,952 times thusfar, and will do so again after tennis this morning), Wallace Stenger, Charles Portis, EdwardAbbey, Jack Schaefer, A.B.…
2SAS – Bill Stirling and the Forgotten Special Forces Unit of World War II
Book by Gavin Mortimer Drawing on recently declassified files and interviews with veterans, this is a fascinating history of Bill Stirling and 2SAS – pioneering founders of modern special forces.…
How the German High Command Supported the Bolsheviks in World War I
In 1917, Germany was at war not only with Russia, but the United States, Great Britain, and France. Those enemies gave Germany’s army two fronts in Western and Eastern Europe.…
Army Group; Army Group Center
After long years of studying sources and literature, Werner Haupt presented the militaryhistory of one of the larger theaters of World War II. The completion of this trilogy is the…
Elephant Paths; 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend; The Soviet Destruction of Army Group South
immense offenses. Hitler and his generals knew something was up, but not to THAT colossalextent. “Russian ‘blitzkriegs’? Impossible!” Hitler almost suffered a nervous breakdown. Beyondtheir wildest imaginations, the Germans couldn’t…
Strategy in Crisis; The Making of a Leader
Being there . . . . with author John T. Kuehn, Professor of Military History at the Army Commandand Staff College, in examining the Pacific War from 1937 to 1945…
Marine Scouts
Review by Moon Mullins, Editor at Large- ARGunners.com Author Chuck Johnston provides a compelling military story that highlights the actions, and play by play of the 2nd Marine Tank Division,…
GebirgsJager – German Mountain Troops 1935-45
Pen and Sword Publishing Review by Martin Koenigsberg Just finished my 86th Book Review of the Year!! In 1935, the Wehrmacht brought back the Mountain Regiments, the specially trained Nordic…
Review: Bailout over North Africa
Publisher’s Summary: Anyone interested in WWII Airborne Operations will want to read this book. The fact that William Yarborough wrote it should sell it alone. He was one of the…
