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Review by Martin Koenigsberg British General Allenby was given a real challenge late in WWI. The Army that he had taken Jerusalem with in 1917 was needed on the Western front, so his British soldiers and Tanks went back to France. The conquest of the Ottoman Turkish Empire would require a new Army, one using…

Every seasoned hunter is well aware of the strength of 10mm ammunition. These rounds are primarily used in competition or for hunting, and they are more than capable of taking out a large game in one shot. With one accurate and powerful shot of 10mm through the barrel of your rifle, you could take down…

Excerpted from HYMNS OF THE REPUBLIC: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War, by S.C. Gwynne. Copyright © 2019 by Samuel C. Gwynne.  Excerpted with permission by Scribner, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Washington, DC, had never, in its brief and undistinguished history, known a social season like this…

General Matthew B. Ridgway’s experiences as an airborne commander in Word War 2 provided the mindset and experience he needed to be successful when he assumed command of 8th Army during the Korean War. He took command at a time when the American forces were demoralized and retreating and he infused new life and fighting…

Although the tragedy at Arnhem and the failure of Operation Market Garden have been covered extensively here on Argunners.com and other websites it still remains a hot topic that draws interest from a wide audience. It would appear we have more to learn and understand from our tragedies than our successes. Makes sense to me….

Article by Commander Mark R Condeno (Philippine Navy)    On June 1939, the second Filipino Q-Boat arrived in Manila and was named “LUZON” after one of the three Island groups of the country and was given hull number Q-111, she is 10 feet longer than Q-112 and has a cruising speed of 41 knots with…

Published by Greenhill Press, available from Casemate Publishers Lawrence Patterson’s book detailing Operation Colossus, the British airborne raid against the Italian aqueduct providing fresh water to the Apulia region of southern Italy, is far more than a combat history despite being an excellent example of the genre. Patterson details the policy, organizational and doctrinal decisions…

An exclusive interview with Filmmaker/Editor/Writer Michael Sellers about his newly released documentary Return to Hardwick. Here are the details from the filmmaker himself explaining the project. Previews are shown nationally and in England. Follow them to a city near you. Interviewed by Charley Valera, author of My Father’s War: Memories from Our Honored WWII Soldiers….

Review by Martin Koenigsberg In the wake of the apparent success of their dazzling Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese set about taking all those “Southern” Resources they had gone to war to obtain. Strategically, they did not think they had to deal with the US Navy, except for its outgunned Far East Flotilla members already…

Just after midnight on June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops crossed the English Channel to launch the largest seaborne invasion in history. Their mission: to break through the coastal defenses of Hitler’s “Fortress Europe” and establish a western front. Docudrama Storming Juno follows the stories of three young Canadian soldiers, who against incredible odds, secured…