Airplane Wrecks of Truk Lagoon
Some of the more popular airplane wrecks dives in Truk Lagoon include the Kawanishi H8K1 “Emily” Flying Boat and the Mitsubishi G4M “Betty” Bomber. Bomber aircraft were often given female names and fighter…
Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)
A dramatization of the 90 days leading up to Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, and how General Dwight Eisenhower, against all odds, brilliantly orchestrated the most important military…
War Along the Wabash by author Steven P. Locke
On November 14, 1791, First Nations warriors from a coalition of nations to include the Shawnees, Miamis, Delawares and Potawatomis surprised an American Army under General Arthur St. Clair…
Frederick Douglass: The Slave That Freed the Slaves
Frederick Douglass was a great author, orator, statesman, a licensed preacher, and a leading voice in the abolitionist movement. He spoke internationally against slavery and fought for equal rights among…
Black Tulip
In their equally readable book, “Myth of the Eastern Front”, Ronald Smelser and Edward J.Davies II write on page 2, “After all, if the Germans were not only to be…
REVIEW: Take These Men – Tank Warfare with the Desert Rats
Cyril’s book, originally published in 1955, here republished in 2019 is a frank and candid look at the nuisances of tank warfare in North Africa during World War II. This…
Obituaries
2 Comments / Obituaries / By ARGunners Magazine Rudolf von Ribbentrop, son of Hitler’s foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, has passed away at the age of 98 on May 20,…
The Longest Day (1962)
The events of D-Day, June 6, 1944, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view. Film The Longest Day Country USA Director Ken Annakin, Andrew…
Longstreet at Gettysburg; Black Union Soldiers in the Civil War; More Than Just Grit
In “BLACK UNION SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR”, Hondon Hargrove refutes the ugly historicalslander that black soldiers did not fight for their emancipation from slavery. Initially rejected intheir enthusiasm to…
The Story Behind the World War II “Kilroy was here”
There are many timeless images that evoke the patriotism of World War II: posters of Uncle Sam and Rosie the Riveter; signs urging the public to buy war bonds; the…
Blackboards and Bomb Shelters – The Perilous Journey of Americans in China during World War II
Being there . . . . in the summer of 1941 when three Yale graduates in the Yale-China Association traveled to Yuanling, China, to teach high school students English as…
No Mission is Impossible – Israeli SF
Review by Martin Koenigsberg Just finished my 16th Book Review of the Year!! When I found this book at a thrift store over a year ago, I picked it up…
REVIEW: Special Forces Berlin- Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army’s Elite 1956-1990
An excellent history of “Det A”. A Special Forces unit with about 100 personnel stationed in Berlin which at that time was in the middle of East Germany! This unit…
SAS Secret War in Southeast Asia
Review by Martin Koenigsberg Just finished my 17th Book Review of the Year!! I really enjoyed this book as I had been looking for books on the Conflict generally –…
Aircraft of the Luftwaffe Fighter Aces Volume I and Volume II
After the Armistice in November, 1918, that brought fighting to end the “Great War”, the“war to end all wars”, Germany, under harsh restrictions, was forbidden all military aircraft. Adozen years…
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Following the landing of US forces on Omaha Beach, Normandy on June 6, 1944, Captain Miller receives a new mission… a rescue operation to find and retrieve the last remaining…
The Zookeeper’s Wife – A War Story Movie
Based on a book of the same name by Diane Ackerman, The Zookeeper’s Wife follows the lives of Jan and Antonina Zabinski. The book itself was based on an unpublished…
Barbarossa
against the Russia people, are also examined in detail. Simply put, this book is the most detailaccount to date of virtually all aspects of the German soldiers’ experiences in Russia…
Power Behind the Prop: A Look at World War 1 Aircraft Engines
In spite of recent technological advances in machinery, ground forces in the Great War still relied heavily on horses to transport men and material one horsepower at a time. By…
Through Blue Skies to Hell; Pathfinder Pioneer
“THROUGH BLUE SKIES TO HELL – – America’s ‘Bloody 100 th ’ in the Air War over Germany”, byEdward M. Sion. CASEMATE PUBLISHERS, Havertown, PA 19083: 2024, 256 pages, 16…
Abraham Lincoln, American Prince; The 117th New York Infantry in the Civil War; Union Warriors at Sunset
And, once again because it is so important and exceptional, “UNION WARRIORS AT SUNSET – –The Lives of Twenty Commanders After the War”, by Allie Stuart Povall. McFarland & Company,Inc.,…
Desert Armour; Naval Battle of Crete 1941
“NAVAL BATTLE OF CRETE 1941 – The Royal Navy at Breaking Point”, by Angus Konstam,Illustrated by Adam Tooby. OSPREY PUBLISHING, Bloomsbury PUBLISHING Plc: 2023, 96 pages,71/2” x 10”, softcover; $25.…
Siege of Budapest 1944-45; Combat: Japanese Soldier versus US Soldier; Barents Sea 1942
“SIEGE OF BUDAPEST 1944-45 –The Brutal Battle for the Pearl of the Danube”, by BalazsMihalyi, Illustrated by Johnny Shumate. OSPREY PUBLISHING-Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; 2022,96 pages with full color battle scenes,…
Night Raiders of the Air
A. R. Kingsford. Night Raiders of the Air. Oxford, UK: Casemate, 2014. Hardcover, illustrated, 168pp. Review by Peter L. Belmonte Night flying and aerial bombardment were both in their infancy…
Trailer of newly released World War I Movie: Sajjan Singh Rangroot
Sajjan Singh Rangroot (2018) is based on Sikh regiments serving in the Indian Expenditionary Force that went to the front lines during World War I. Sajjan Singh, a polo aficionado, was a British…
German Mass Grave has been found in Stalingrad
A German mass grave was recently discovered in Wolgograd (Stalingrad). The mass grave was discovered with the moving of a water pipeline on September 25, 2018. Finally, last week the…
Gavin at War; Guderian 1941
Of course, praise for this book has been far ranging, arriving from a vast multitude of militarymen, in particular. Perhaps, the best of them all was written by Daniel P.…
How To Cite Argunners
To cite one of our articles, in your work(s), copy the complete reference as below: Article title in quotation marks – Author’s name – Argunners Magazine Copyright date and company…
Island at War (2004)
[junkie-toggle title=”Season 1″ state=”closed”] Episode 1: Eve of the War Episode 2: Living with the Enemy Episode 3: To Catch a Spy Episode 4: Strange Mercies Episode 5: Unexpected Revelations…
Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin
A STORY OF NO GUNS, NO ENGINES, AND NO SECOND CHANCES“BROTHERHOOD OF THE FLYING COFFIN – – The Glider Pilots of World War II”, by ScottMcGaugh. Osprey Publishing/Bloomsbury Publishing Plc:…
Ofitserskie zheny (2015)
[junkie-toggle title=”Season 1″ state=”closed”] Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8 Episode 9 Episode 10 Episode 11 Episode 12 [/junkie-toggle] Title…
An interview with author Jos Groen
Ben: When did you first develop an interest in WW2? Jos: WWII was never far away when I grew up. My parents were teenagers during WWII and at school, the…
Clean Sweep
In “Clean Sweep”, Tom has collected first-hand accounts from the WWII participants overthe past 50 years, meeting pilots such as the legendary “Hub” Zemke, Don Blakeslee, and ChuckYeager, as well…
Bez prava na vybor also known as Kasym (2013)
Based on the true story of Kasym Kaysenov, a famous Soviet scout and officer of special reconnaissance, a national hero of Kazakhstan and a man of exceptional bravey, who fought…
Crossings (1986)
[junkie-toggle title=”Season 1″ state=”closed”] Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 [/junkie-toggle] Title Crossings Country USA Production Co. Aaron Spelling Productions Director Cast Cheryl Ladd, Lee Horsley, Christopher Plummer Language English…
To Save an Army
Being there . . . . between June and late-August 1942, to not only observe Herr Hitler’s massive,inexorable combined tank and Luftwaffe force smash and crush their way a thousand…
Close to the Enemy (2016)
[junkie-toggle title=”Season 1″ state=”closed”] Episode 1 It is the end of the Second World War and Lotte and her father Dieter, a recently captured German scientist, arrive in England. Captain…
Danger UXB (1979)
[junkie-toggle title=”Season 1″ state=”closed”] Episode 1: Dead Man’s Shoes Episode 2: Unsung Heroes Episode 3: Just Like a Woman Episode 4: Cast Iron Killer Episode 5: The Silver Lining Episode…
Title: Sport and the Third Reich, Volumes 1 and 2
Being there . . . . . when sports in Hitler’s Germany served a double purpose – – to establish the healthiest and most robust people in Europe, while simultaneously…
Cheating Hitler
either the pain of imprisonment, torture, and death. The best estimate as to how many mayhave assisted the evading Allied airmen is 100,000.There is no question as to how important,…
The Road to Dungannon; Black Slaveowners; British Fortifications Through the Reign of Richard III
embraced slavery as a viable economic system and that they, like their white counterparts,exploited the labor of slaves on their farms and in their businesses. “Who wants to read ‘stuff’like…
Spitfire Photo-Recce Units of World War 2
Thus, in this less than a 100-page layout, print and photos, some close-ups in color of theplane itself, PR specialist Andrew Fletcher details the important part played by the smallnumber…
Battleship Tirpitz
Griffith, and the narrative skill of author Vincent P. O’Hara, is more than an enticing, relishingaccount of a major British victory and enormous enemy loss. It is testimony to the…
Clearing the way
official publications. Perused and read as a group, they provide detailed insight into the workand skills of the engineers. If curious how to build field fortifications, laying and defusing mines,constructing…
No Moon as Witness; Nazi Spies & Collaborators in Britain 1939-1945
famous of all, Reinhard Heydrich, Himmler’s deputy who both he and Hitler feared, and endingthe Fuhrer’s precious atomic bomb program by destroying the heavy water plant at Vemork,Norway.Meanwhile, OSS operatives…
The Winter War
Review by Martin Koenigsberg Just finished my 2nd Book Review of the Year!! Ostensibly a History of the the Winter War, but also a Cold War artifact, this 1992 Printing…
B-26 Maurader
Review by Martin Koenigsberg I just finished my 4th Book Review of the Year!! I found this a very informative read, although it did not answer all my queries about…
Dark Water, Starry Waters
and Admirals, Nimitz, Halsey, Ainsworth, and Spruance, and so, so many other top American“Sea Brains”, heroes all.The years of the Pacific War were brought to a close with the unconditional…
Historian who stole almost 300 Dog Tags from NARA sentenced to prison
French historian, Antonin DeHays, who stole almost 300 U.S. Dog Tags from fallen Airmen and around 134 other items, which included identification cards, a bible, and pieces of downed US…
Abraham Lincoln and his Times
It isn’t surprising that to this very day, and hour, interest in Abraham Lincoln as president,politician, commander-in-chief of the military, family, husband, father, and religious man, hassteadily increased since his…
