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…

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…

Book Review of Allied Intelligence and the Cover Up at Pointe Du Hoc: The History of the 2nd & 5th US Army Rangers, 1943 – 30th April 1944 by Gary…

While women were, obviously, not permitted to participate on an official level during the American Civil War, they did find ways to make their mark, as women have in numerous…

The trailer of the upcoming World War II Documentary Return To Hardwick (2019) – Home of the 93rd Group has been released. Return to Hardwick tells the story of Hardwick…

Watch the new trailer of Lancaster Skies now! More information to be published soon. 1943: Angry and bereaved by the death of his younger brother, Flight Lieutenant Douglas Miller, a broken,…

Schiffer Publishing Company – Polish Air Force Association, Original Copyright, 1998, 9” x 12”, 410 b/w photographs, maps, 336 pages, $59.95 Publisher’s Summary:   After being overrun during the early Blitzkrieg…

Being there . . . . on July 10, 1943, not so much for the Soviet tank attacks on the southern andnorthern faces of the enormous Russian salient west of…

Review by Martin Koenigsberg By the time we get to Volume 12 of the Pacific Profiles series, the Allies are totally ascendant. 1945 brings the P-51 and F-6 Mustang to…

Historians love to play “what if” with the people and places that populate the events that shape our destinies. So, according to writer and journalist Robert Harris, did Adolf Hitler.…

The U. S. invasion of Panama 1989  On 20 December 1989, the “All-American Division”, as part of the United States invasion of Panama, conducted their first combat jump since World…

Review by Martin Koenigsberg 51st Book Review of the Year!! When the Dashing young RAC pilots of 1916/17 got into their first Sopwith Pups, they were excited about the improvements…

The World War II Airborne Demonstration Team (ADT) celebrated completing its October Parachute School on 19 October 2019 with an Open Hanger Day at their Frederick Army Airfield in Frederick…

The Heavy Water War is a six-part dramatization of one of the most exciting stories from the Second World War – the German efforts to develop an atomic bomb and…

We’ve compiled a photographic gallery of heart-wrenching images which capture the last moments before disaster of several United States Army Air Force bombers during World War II. All additional information,…

Michael Somerville examines the popular and long held belief that the American Civil War revealed the lessons of modern, industrialized warfare to the Western world (see Hagerman’s The American Civil…

strips the misconceptions around the actions and performances of the two criticalcommanders, William Halsey, Admiral of the U.S. Third Fleet, and controversial Vice AdmiralTakeo Kurita, while reappraising the “lost victory”…

Like many other countries that backed up the British government, World War II Australia was also a direct victim of the ravages of the war. The country was attacked at…

Don’t miss out on war movie and serie releases! Argunners Magazine keeps you updated on upcoming and most anticipated Movie, TV-serie and Documentary releases. However we’re also compiling lists with war…

REVIEW: Hitler’s invasion of East Anglia 1940; An Historical cover-up? An interesting book about the planning on both sides of the war of the German Invasion of England. The German…

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Review By Martin Koenigsberg This biography of Mad Mike Calvert is written by a Veteran of the Asian campaigns, and a big fan of the most famous of Orde Wingate’s…

Maarten Otte’s book covers the story of the American Participation in the World War One Saint Mihiel Offensive.  The Americans entered the war late and although unproven in battle they…

Being there . . . . when the United States declared war on Germany in 1917 due to Deutschlandunleashing a resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare off the eastern Canadian andAmerican…

Night flying and aerial bombardment were both in their infancy during World War I. Contemporary airplanes lacked the navigation instruments that would have made those missions so much easier and…

Review by Martin Koenigsberg Early in the Cold War, Anti Aircraft suppression had to be done with ECM- jamming- or full missions dedicated to flak suppression. Radars were things to…

World War I is one of the most significant events that changed the face of history in the UK and the USA. It had a huge impact on society’s structure,…

Review by Martin Koenigsberg Just finished my 97th Book Review of the Year!! At first glance, the Military history buff might question this title- surely the British Valentine Tank was…

Review by Martin Koenigsberg Gotta say i really liked this edition of the Casemate Illustrated series. Simon Forty is an author with a lot of Military History experience, and he…

Previous Next Article by Vlad Besedovskyy I devoted a lot of time to researching the background and organizational structure of the Soviet Airborne Forces, and though I couldn’t ignore the…

“UNLIKE SO MANY, THESE FEW UNDERSTOOD NO ART CAN SO POWERFULLY EXPLOIT THEDIMENSIONS OF TIME AND SPACE – – – NO OTHER ART HAS SO MANY WAYS OF INVOLVING AHUMAN…

Films, Reviews / By ARGunners Magazine Being there . . . . integrally involved with four of America’s definitive resources for the greatest feature-length films of all time, Sloan De…

Being there . . . . to join with someone else, hopefully a good friend or a loved inseparablecompanion, who has not only noticed Rt. Hon. (Sir) Winston Leonard Spencer…

Rare Vivid Accounts of D – Day, the Greatest Invasion in World History Three important new WWII books reviewed and recommended by Don DeNevi ”COSSAC – – Lt. Gen. Sir…

Richard P. Hallion; illustrated by Adam Tooby. Desert Storm 1991: The Most Shattering Air Campaign in History. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2022. Paperback, illustrated, 96pp. Review by Peter L. Belmonte…

During the interwar period, battleships remained the foremost naval ships. Aircraft carriers were then the new big thing in naval warfare, but they remained unproven until the Battle of Taranto…

World War II was a war that raged in western, eastern, and southern Europe. Although the biggest battles took place in Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean was another notable front in…

Review by Martin Koenigsberg The Kriegsmarine U-Boat Campaign in the Atlantic and the American Submarine efforts in the Pacific might be the Iconic Submarine struggles of WWII- but the British…

Being there . . . . for two ways to be a real Santa Claus by giving A+ American history book gifts,one dealing with the Great Sioux Campaign of 1876,…

This series chronicled the adventures, in the air and on the ground, of the men of the 918th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. First commanded by irascible…

Review by Martin Koenigsberg If the title of the Book looks familiar to those reading about the modern Day Ukrainian War of Independence headlines- yes- its the same Crimea. This…

What does a compensator do on a pistol? A compensator redirects propellant gases to counter recoil and unwanted muzzle rise. This makes the shooting experience much more comfortable and controlled.…

A B-Roll video has been released by NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) investigators surveying the scene at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut after the crash of B-17 “Nine-o-Nine”. UPDATE: ATC…

Four Superlative Books on World War II – “Set Europe ablaze!”, demanded Winston Churchill     “Pioneers of Irregular Warfare – Secrets of the Military Intelligence Research Department In the Second World…

THE ZASTAVA ZPAP 85 BY: NICK JACOBELLIS One of the most famous and iconic “bad guy” firearms of all time, that has also been carried by numerous “good guys,” is…

Being there . . . . few subjects in World War II, Europe, during the past eight decades have hadthe power to attract more interest, or generate greater fascination, than…

advance monetary claims, etc., etc., ad nauseam, to unravel, page by page, whatever crude,often non-binding, paperwork was needed for one human being to “own” other human beings.Year after year, Larry…

“THE SNIPER – The Untold Story of the Marine Corps’ Greatest Marksman of All Time”, by JimLindsay, Foreword by Chuck Mawhinney. St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s Publishing Group:March 2023, 231…

BOOK REVIEW by Todd Shugart Author:  Peter Davies Publisher:  Osprey Publishing Ltd Price:  £13.99 Date:  2021 Pages/Format:  80 page softback      The latest in the Osprey Duel series is…

Nigel’s book details the foundation and early years of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) created in 1940. This organization has always been shrouded in secrecy due to the nature…