On December 7th, 1941, after years of tenuous relations with the Japanese Empire, the United States found itself under siege. Pearl Harbor, the home of the United States Navy’s Pacific Fleet, had been virtually annihilated. The United States at once was at war with a foe that possessed a marked naval advantage. While the United…
Most everyone is familiar with the Luger pistol – it is one of the most iconic handgun designs ever made. Folks who have a passing interest in the guns will probably know about both the standard Army model (the P08) and the long-barreled Artillery model (the lP08, with its shoulder stock and snail drum magazine…
The Battle for Monte La Difensa was part of Operation Raincoat and took place between 3 December and 9 December 1943 in Italy. The battle ended in an Allied victory. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called it “the soft underbelly of Europe.” War correspondent Ernie Pyle called it that “tough old gut.” “It” was Italy….
Vandals have vandalized the Battle of the Bulge monument in Bois Jacques past week-end in the night of Saturday on Sunday. It’s sadly the fourth time (!) vandals have struck the memorial since it was inaugurated in Jacques Wood (Bois Jacques) on May 29, 2015 in the presence of U.S. Ambassador Denise Campbell Bauer to commemorate the U.S. soldiers…
The Imperial War Museum Collection features rare and fascinating original films preserved in the Museum’s archives. Many have never been released to the public before and are presented here, complete and uncut, for the very first time. The Royal Air Force at War: The Unseen Films is a unique collection of three DVDs chronicling the R.A.F. in…
USS Indianapolis: The Legacy, produced by filmmakers Sara Vladic and Melanie Capacia Johnson, was an official selection at this year’s GI Film Festival. The film follows the crew from the early days of WWII, when they joined the ship, to the present day, including their fight to exonerate their captain, Charles Butler McVay III. The film’s subject,…
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? –Only the monstrous anger of the guns. -Wilfred Owen, “Anthem for a Doomed Youth” My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori. -Wilfred Owen, “Dulce et Decorum Est” In…
Argunners Magazine is able to present you stunning Then & Now photographs from the Battle of the Bulge. The photos were taken by Koos Winkelman from the Netherlands, who enjoys to travel and photographing places that once were part of (a bloody) history. The Battle of the Bulge which started on December 16, 1944 and ended on…
“The 66-day battle of Khe Sanh, which began in January 1968, became a classic defensive operation for U.S. forces. It tested American concepts of defense and demonstrated that good fire support could effectively neutralize a superior force.” —Major General David Ewing Ott, USA (US Army Vietnam Studies: Field Artillery 1954-1973) The North Vietnamese 1968 Tet Offensive was designed…
On October 14, 1944, Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel, nicknamed “The Desert Fox” was given the choose to face a public trial for treason – as a co-conspirator in the ’20 July’ plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, or taking cyanide. Choosing the latter, he also was assured that his family would not be persecuted following his death. Erwin…
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