Christopher (Moon) Mullins

A former paratrooper with service in the 82nd Airborne Division, Long Range Recon (F Co 51st Inf), and 5th Special Forces Comms Support (B-Team), Christopher (Moon) Mullins retired from the US Army in 2000 after 20 years. He holds an Associate's Degree from Georgia Military College as well as Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in IT from Kaplan University. Moon's first book, published in 2016 was book about his father's service in World War II titled, Lucky Mullins, available on Amazon.com. He is the editor for ARGunners Online Magazine, working with Casemate Publishing, Pen and Sword, Osprey, Oxford Press, and independent publishers as well. Moon recently published his third book, The History of the 82nd Signal Battalion in WWI and WWII. Chris is married to Bhavna Mullins and they make their home in Buford, Georgia, USA.

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. David Stirling is the name synonymous with the wartime SAS, but the real brains behind the operation were, in fact, Bill Stirling, David’s eldest brother. …

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Book Review: Jutland 1916: The Archaeology of a Naval Battlefield.

Book Review by Peter L. Belmonte The author is Innes McCartney, Jutland 1916: The Archaeology of a Naval Battlefield. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2016. Hardcover, illus., 272pp.In Jutland 1916: The Archaeology of a Naval Battlefield, marine archaeologist and author Innes McCartney discusses his examination of the underwater wrecks of twenty-two of the twenty-five vessels sunk …

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The Battle of Cannae- from the Book of Mistakes

By Christopher (Moon) Mullins   The Battle of Cannae (2 August 216 BCE) was the decisive victory of the Carthaginian army over Roman forces at Cannae, southeast Italy, during the Second Punic War (218-202 BCE). In 216 BCE, Roman military tactics were still in their infancy. The Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca (l. 247-183 BCE), who …

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The story of Dominic T. Biello, who fell in Belgium in the 2nd World War

The mother, born in Filignano (CB) on 12 April 1883, was identified (she had all the many children involved in the world war) as one of the “symbol mothers of war sacrifice.” Story by By Geremia Mancini – Honorary President of “Ambassadors of Hunger” FILIGNANO (CB) – When Maria Anna Marzella left Filignano, together with …

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World War I Gas Warfare Tactics and Equipment

Jones, Simon, illustrated by Richard Hook. World War I Gas Warfare Tactics and Equipment. Oxford, UK: Osprey, 2008. Softcover, illustrated, 64pp. ISBN: 978-1-84603-151-9.Review by Peter L. Belmonte World War I was the first war in which the combatants engaged in chemical warfare to any significant degree. Students of the war are at least somewhat familiar …

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The Great War Illustrated, 1915: Archive Photographs of WWI

William Langford. The Great War Illustrated, 1915: Archive Photographs of WWI. South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Military, 2021. Softcover, illustrated, 390pp. ISBN: 1399085166. Review by Peter L. Belmonte NOTE: There appear to be two editions of this book, one of which apparently contains color photographs. This review refers specifically to the one without color …

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