Review by Martin Koenigsberg The American Revolution is the creation myth of America, and most Americans have only a hazy understanding of what actually happened. Here, Daniel Marston, an author…

Published by Sabrestorm, available from Casemate Publishers Neil Barber’s guide of the sites around Pegasus Bridge is a gem. A fifty-two page long, 4” x 5.7” paperback, the book will…

[junkie-toggle title=”Season 1″ state=”closed”] Episode 1: Retreat Episode 2: Evacuation Episode 3: Deliverance[/junkie-toggle] Title Dunkirk Country UK Production Co. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Director Cast Language English English Subtitles Dieppe…

If it weren’t for the Saratoga Campaign during the Revolutionary War, the U.S. might still be a British colony. Okay, that seems a bit extreme, and it’s entirely possible that…

A great image catalog from the wartime archives depicting the Nazi’s struggle against the vastly superior Allied paratroopers, tanks, armor formations, and men at the Western Front. The images captured…

off the map of the Mediterranean, or simply starve it too death since the Royal Navy waswreaking havoc among Axis ships and planes trying to get to North Africa and…

     Washington’s Marines is a niche history, focusing on the contributions of the Continental Marines at the beginning of the American Revolution. The book is brought to the public by…

This 7-minute WWII Short film, “Freund”, features the story of a German sniper (Dieter) who questions the morality of his actions after coming face to face with his enemy. Directed…

Thermal scopes utilize heat signature imaging technology, allowing you to target in low lighting conditions and at night. Although this thermal technology was initially for the military, thermal scopes are…

Sky has released two trailers of the upcoming TV-Series “Das Boot”, which will air on November 23 in a few countries. I’ve added English subtitles to the trailers. If there are…

Article by Moon Mullins For graduates of the grueling U.S. Army Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC), earning the coveted Green Beret marks a significant achievement. However, their journey doesn’t end…

Being there . . . . for the birth, growth, and development of the Midway Island atoll as a major20 th Century Pacific Ocean American naval base. Then, devote a…

The mother, born in Filignano (CB) on 12 April 1883, was identified (she had all the many children involved in the world war) as one of the “symbol mothers of…

Vincent Burns brings readers a unique history of the Army of the Potomac: part battle narrative, part oral history, and part commemoration in his Voices of the Army of the…

If you doubt the effectiveness of a flawlessly reliable .22 LR caliber pistol, consider that Israeli Sky Marshals used .22 LR caliber Beretta Model 70S/71 pistols to engage armed hijackers/terrorists,…

review by Martin Koenigsberg The beginning of WWII had revealed that air war was going to be a pivotal part of hostilities. The British RAF felt itself particularly burned by…

Argunners Magazine has compiled a list with some of the most incredible footage from World War 2 caught on tape. This list includes rare (color) footage or extraordinary events caught…

Review by Martin Koenigsberg Just Finished my 59th Book Review of the Year!! To the Walpole Government in London, the idea was so simple- in order to punish the Spanish…

Review by Christopher (Moon) Mullins Never a Dull Moment is a fascinating new book about the 82nd Airborne Division’s 80th AAA Battalion during World War II. Imagine the chaos of…

A personal and revising look at one of World War 2’s forgotten battles: The Battle of Peleliu I’ll be the first to admit that when I was planning my first…

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, tactical situation on the ground, Ukrainian defense, and NATO. Additional topics include refugees, internally displaced personnel, humanitarian efforts, cyber,…

In the video above you’ll see aerial footage of ships left abandoned in Staten Island, NY., in a eerie graveyard of WWII-era ships nicknamed the “Arthur Kill Ship Graveyard”. The Arthur…

Michael’s book and the images provided detail the stories, history and tragedies of the US Airborne Divisions during the period 1942-1945. He also provides a thorough research of the development…

For British writer Rudyard Kipling, the British Empire was the culmination of what, in his imperialist view, was Britain’s destiny and God’s will. He was born in India in 1865;…

Review by Martin Koenigsberg Just finished my 9th Book Review of the Year!! As the British prepared to leave Palestine in the late 1940s, the Jews of Palestine found themselves…

An eye-opening expose of the Pre-D-Day disaster and incident of friendly fire tragedy and cover up that was the Slapton Sands. This training disaster resulted in the loss of 746…

Meanwhile, Don splendidly describes how in the spring of 1861 John Caldwell CalhounSanders, a 21-year-old cadet at the University of Alabama, helped organize a company of the11 th Alabama Volunteer…

Canada and the US have been close allies for over a century.  But it wasn’t always this way, and the Citadelle of Québec City and its surroundings are proof. The…

Review by Martin Koenigsberg I just finished my 96th Book Review of the Year!! The principles of Storm Trooper/Blitzkrieg warfare are clear- start the offensive by flowing forward – avoiding…

Operation Market Garden brought in stunning colorized images. Operation Market Garden, which began on September 17 and ended on September 25, was an unsuccessful Allied military operation sustaining between 15,000-17,000…

general in 1943, the mild-mannered Eaker, the following year, was promoted Commander ofAllied Forces in the Mediterranean. Flying from bases in Italy, Ira’s new combined fleet of 17sand 24s continued…

Catalog / By ARGunners Magazine TITLE: The Man in the High Castle What would it be like if the Allied Powers had lost World War II, and Japan and Germany…

forbidden to take them in because they were “fascist children”. For decades their fates hadremained overlooked by Germany, even the government of the unified new Germany. Truly,this one of unfortunate…

Warship Builders – An Industrial History of U.S. Naval Ship Building, 1922-1945, by Thomas Heinrich (Naval Institute Press, 2021, 346pp, $29). Liberty Factory – The Untold Story of Henry Kaiser’s…

In the village of Ivanovskoye, within the urban district of Chernogolovka, 40 km from Moscow, you will find a wonderful but little-known technical museum, called the Military Technical Museum. It…

World War II. Nazi-occupied Ukraine. Germans set up a camp called “Hope”, a site of medical experiments on children. Twins are designated as experimental subjects. So when one of the…

ARTICLE BY: NICK JACOBELLIS The Springfield Armory Mil Spec Model 1911 is clearly an ungraded version of the original “plain Jane” design. Unlike the original G.I or Government issue 1911,…

S.C. Gwynne’s study of the final year of the American Civil War illustrates the escalating brutality of the conflict as the Union sought to subdue the Confederacy by striking directly…

Review by Martin Koenigsberg I just finished my 18th Book Review of the Year!! I read this book as I began a cross Pacific Trek, first in Hawaii and then…

We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.John McCrae World War I forever…

World War II Short film, “Esperanca”, tells the story of an often overlooked subject. The Brazilian Expeditionary Force during World War 2. After being separated from his unit during the…

Published by Tense Moment Publishing, They Are Only Gone If They Are Forgotten – is the story of one of the original companies with the 82nd Airborne Division, 505th Combat…

show”, as many referred to MGM, that the studio reserved for the likes of Greta Garbo, JeanHarlow, Lana Turner, and Ava Gardner. Donald Bogle, naturally, knows that Lena, regardless ofbeing…

An excellent book on the retrograde operations for Dunkirk in 1940. The Germans made a huge mistake by letting the British, French, and Belgium warriors escape by sea. This could…

Seamlessly interweaving archival war footage and a fictional narrative, Stuart Cooper’s immersive account of one twenty-year-old’s journey from basic training to the front lines of D-Day brings all the terrors…

to the tastes of a certain kind of audience,” writes Robin in a brilliant Introduction. No holds arebarred in terms of honest and frank perspectives.Sander’s diaries offer a totally genuine…

Summary: A great new book from Casemate that covers the behind the scenes planning and operations for Desert One. These Special Operators infiltrated Tehran, rented vans and transport vehicles, stored…

[junkie-toggle title=”Season 1″ state=”closed”] Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 [/junkie-toggle] Title Come in Spinner Country Australia Production Co. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Director Robert Marchand Cast Lisa…

I liked this book, even though it can’t quite tell the story as fully as I thought necessary. Maybe the book I was looking for would have to be a…

Review By Martin Koenigsberg The Soviets might have been the first to experiment with Parachute Infantry, but it was the Nazis who first used it tactically- with the feats in…