Bill Mauldin once said that the infantryman “gives more and gets less than anybody else.” He knew this from his experience on the front lines with K Company, 180th Infantry…

In 1942, Friedrich Weimer’s boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father’s objections, Friedrich enrolls, seeing…

Being there . . . . with Yuletide on the horizon cascading toward us at record speed, best weshop now lest we’re left with only socks and smiles to present…

[junkie-toggle title=”Season 1″ state=”closed”] Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3[/junkie-toggle] Title Eien no 0 also known as The Eternal Zero Country Japan Production Co. TV Tokyo Creators Cast Osamu Mukai, Mikako…

Being there . . . for a few minutes to bear, nay, suffer, in pain the announcement of tworepublished McFarland titles dealing with holocaust topics. At the beginning of the…

For the uninitiated in Spain sad Civil War history, Hooten explains in detail how Franco, whenhe assumed supreme power, organized the country first and foremost into a waging warmachine. Political…

Review by Martin Koenigsberg With its unification as recent as 1871, Italy was a real latecomer to the Colonial impulse. By the time they decided to prey on Indigenous Peoples,…

Shooting in the indoor range is all fun until you have to collect the spent brass casings that fell in all directions. It can be time-wasting and irritating, and installing…

The lower middle class Ashton family of the city of Liverpool deal with life on the home front during the Second World War. [junkie-toggle title=”Season 1″ state=”closed”] Coming soon ……

The DPAA has released that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Howard T. Lurcott and 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield, both missing since World War II, have finally been accounted for.…

Lt. Anne Morgan and her fellow Waves are posted to the backwater station on Ranakai, much to the displeasure of Commander Adrian. So his South Seas idyll, including gourmet cook,…

The U.S. would not have won World War II without the leadership of generals with adequate military skills and who were committed to the welfare of the country. So to…

Review by Martin Koenigsberg When I saw this book at the Thrift Store (Charity Shop), I thought it would help me understand the present Lebanon situation (this review is written…

John Adams knew that Boston was going to be front and center in the battle for independence, and he was concerned about his family’s safety when he was away. Abigail…

THE THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUN MODEL 1921, SUBMACHINEGUN CALIBER .45 MODEL 1928, 1928A1, M1 THOMPSON AND M1A1 AKA THE THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUN BY: NICK JACOBELLIS U.S. Marines were the first combat…

Book Review of Major and Mrs. Holt’s Definitive Battlefield Guide to the D-Day Normandy Landing Beaches (75th Anniversary Edition with GPS References). Pen & Sword Books. Major and Mrs. Holt’s…

Being there . . . . to help command naval operations in the Mediterranean after the Italian declaration of war in June 1940, especially the maelstrom whirlwinds against Taranto, under…

Review by Martin Koenigsberg If you were not a combatant, WWII had the potential to be a gold mine, even if you were occupied by a semi-friendly power, or two.…

We’ve received the news that the oldest Medal of Honor Recipient, World War II veteran Robert D. Maxwell, has passed away on May 11, 2019 in Oregon. The death was…

In the summer of 1943, American and Canadian forces launched an amphibious assault on the north Pacific island of Kiska, in order to seize the last enemy strongholds on U.S. Soil…

Vietnamese Army had 1.1 million deaths. Two million Vietnamese civilians in North and SouthVietnam were killed. But deaths were not the only lamentable result of the war. It divided ournation.…

Review by Martin Koenigsberg I just finished my 11th Book Review of the Year!! I’m not sure what to make of this little book. Starts as a Biography of Putin,…

Richard Hargreaves’ thorough analysis of the German defense of Normandy through the summer of 1944 provides “the other side of the story” for readers who based their understanding of the…

Osprey Publishing, Raid Series, Raid 45. Author – Peter Panzeri Jr. Peter’s book provides a very detailed accounting of events leading up to, during, and after the raid that killed…

Just Finished my 2nd Book Review of the Year!!hIn this latest addition to the Images of War Series, author and Image Historian Ian Baxter goes after the Waffen-SS, telling the…

         For the record, Auto Ordnance is no stranger to the firearms industry.  My familiarity with Auto Ordnance goes back many years, when I adopted their .30 caliber Paratrooper Model…

This Sunday, May 5 (1821), marks the anniversary of Napoleon’s death, to coincide with this anniversary Pen and Sword Books will be giving away four eBooks for free from Amazon.…

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his brilliant “You Are There” personal approach through the experiences of seven men whoselives intersected in those air-runs of January 1945. The seven were Commander John D.Lamade, five of his…

After publicizing Part 1 of Operation Overlord: Low Altitude Beach Photographs taken by a P-38, here’s the second part with more aerial beach photographs. All help and information that may…

[junkie-toggle title=”Season 1″ state=”closed”] Episode 1: Der Morgen nach dem Krieg (Morning after the War) Young aristocrat Anna takes charge of the family estate after her parents are threatened by…

Terror to Triumph, by Chris Whittemore Review By Moon Mullins Summary: A great new book from Page Publishing by Chris Whittemore that covers the behind the scenes training, passage of…

World War II: Shortly after D-Day, three American soldiers and two Army Corps nurses are stranded behind enemy lines. They take a high-ranking German officer as their prisoner and try…

with over 420 rare and previously unpublished HORSE MARINE items and hitherto unseenphotos, including drawings and watercolors by Col. John W. Thomason, my book presents aunique and unusual perspective into…

An accident occurred this afternoon on the Prague Ring Road at Řeporyje between a truck transporting World War II tanks and a prison service bus. Sources confirm one fatality. Update:…

Being there . . . . when blue-eyed General of the Army George C. Marshall, soldier andstatesman, had few illusions about the Army, especially its Air Corps, under his command…

Just Finished my 58th Book Review of the Year!! Review by Martin Koenigsberg “Wild Bill” Meacham was a “Slick” Pilot in country at the crescendo of the American Vietnam War,…

The Mosin Nagant is a legendary gun. It has been around since World War II and was one of the major weapons for the Russians. Its design was quite revolutionary…

I think that already everyone has seen this tank or its replica’s in movies about World War II. It’s probably the most famous example of the German technology of those…

In perhaps the most thoroughly researched, scrutinizing, and disclosing book yet publishedon the infamous 11 of the Nuremberg Trial, as well as all 23 men who stood accused, authorAndrew Sangster,…

Boris Lazarev was a Soviet World War II Pilot who was shot down in February, 1943 by the Luftwaffe. His body and aircraft were recovered in a swamp in 1998…

[junkie-toggle title=”Season 1″ state=”closed”] Episode 1 – 8[/junkie-toggle] Title Konvoy PQ-17 Country Russia Production Co. MakDos Producer Cast Sergey Anufriev, Vladimir Erasov, Sergey Zamorev Language Russian, English, German English Subtitles…

Being there . . . . with a few “high selects” from the ARGunners staff, and thousands uponthousands of readers of this column, to collectively bend our knees in genuine…

Being there . . . . to meet and greet three splendidly republished World War II air-war titledbooks as Christmas gifts certain to excite and please ALL air battle fans,…

Ste. Mere Eglise, June 1944, No Better Place to Die, The Battle for La Fière Bridge, by Robert M. Murphy A great battle memoir by one of the 505 soldiers…

Being there . . . . at 0250 beneath a third-quarter moon on the early morning of 20 November 1943 as 16 troop transporters sail into the blue lagoon of…

Just Finished my 44th Book Review of the Year!! Reviewer: Martin Koenigsberg Author: Alan W. Cooper In late 1943, with large numbers of Lancasters finally at his disposal, “Bomber” Harris-…

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Being there . . . . May 1940 – June 1941, when Great Britain stood alone as Hitler pivoted his powerful, power-diving Luftwaffe to “blitz” the United Kingdom’s armed forces…

Andrew Rawson’s book covers the struggles and experiences of the Polish Forces and people before, during and after the second World War to include the invasion of Poland, the extermination…