December, 1864: Lincoln’s Last Christmas
Since November of 1860, when he was elected president of a nation that was teetering on the brink of fatal division, the Christmas season had betokened very little of peace…
Royal Navy Home Fleet 1939-41; Italian Battle Fleet 1940-43
Being there . . . on 3 September 1939 when Britain and her colonies declared war on Germanyafter ultimatums were ignored to cease all occupation activities in Danzig, and, to…
Invasion On
the strongest opposition, thus receiving the most causalities. Keep in mind, 5000 ships and150,000 troops were launched across the English Channel that faithful morning a little after2:00am. Almost immediately the…
Testa di sbarco per otto implacabili also known as Hell in Normandy (1968)
During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers whose elimination…
World’s First Flying Wing Jet: Horten Ho 229 at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
The Horten H. IX (“Horten Ho 229”) was a late World War II German prototype fighter / bomber that was designed by the brothers Reimar and Walter Horten and built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik…
They Are Only Gone If Forgotten
Published by Tense Moment Publishing, They Are Only Gone If They Are Forgotten – is the story of one of the original companies with the 82nd Airborne Division, 505th Combat…
Four New Books from Osprey Publishing Portend a Kaleidoscopic List of Titles For 2022
Being there . . . . from the gargantuan Battle of Stalingrad to the Japanese naval base in the Truk Islands of the Pacific and their overhead ack-ack filled skies…
REVIEW: The Frontline Fugitives-Book III- GI Gangsters and Collaborators
Author – Nick Jacobellis Nick’s book is set in 1945 and takes place in the European Theater of Operations after World War II. The book’s main characters are part of…
Operation Antila – The Turkish Invasion of Cyprus in 1974
Legend claims that Cyprus was the home of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, and it could be said that, throughout its history, a succession of amorous empires including the…
From Yeomanettes to Fighter Jets; Skies of Thunder
Being there . . . for the current exceptional coverage of two early summertime reads dealingwith war matters until this time unknown, ignored, or beyond the usual military sphere. In…
