When The Country Fell Apart During The American Civil War, So Did West Point
When the country fell apart, West Point was not immune to the bitterness and divisive political atmosphere. Most of the commanders on both sides of…
A high-tech promise – Veteran discusses working with new technologies in the 1960s U.S. Navy
By Jeremy P. Amick Graduation from a Nashville area high school in 1956 was only the beginning of a technology-laden adventure for local veteran Bill…
WINCHESTER LEVER-ACTION RIFLES & MAUSER MILITARY RIFLES Review by Mark Barnes
My esteemed colleague Phil Hodges is a big fan of Osprey books but he has been a bit busy working as a fighter pilot in…
Battle of the Neretva
Battle of the Neretva, also known as the Battle for the wounded, is a common name for a series of battles in the Neretva valley…
Forgotten History: German Resistance Fighters Against The Nazis
Sometimes we forget that not every German citizen subscribed to Hitler’s point of view or were associated with the Nazi party, in fact, a lot…
Wanted By The Dakota Hunter: Douglas DC-3/C-47 For New Military Museum; Static or Flying!
Feature Photo (courtesy Onno Wieringa) depicts The Dakota Hunter on that classic Harley Davidson WL 750 in front of 2 immaculate C-47’s, in Normandy, dated…
Reporting The Second World War – Review by Mark Barnes
This is a book after my own heart. I left it sitting on the shelf for a bit too long as I waded through other…
German U-Boats Surfaced Off Nags Head, And Watched Americans Partying On The Beaches.
One of the oddest things about World War II is the history that we have all forgotten. Perhaps forgotten is the wrong way to think…
The Three Fighters that Brought the Luftwaffe to its Knees
The German air force (the Luftwaffe) was probably the strongest air force in Europe at the dawn of the Second World War. It isn’t surprising…
Seeing The War – The Stories Behind the Famous Photographs of World War II – Review by Mark Barnes
I happen to know a bit about war photography and it will come as no surprise that I really like this book by David P…
I Just Wanted To Fly – Review by Mark Barnes
The City of London is a hectic place on any working day as tens of thousands of people flock into the Square Mile to go…
By Air and Sea – Veteran served as radioman aboard Navy seaplanes during Korean War
By Jeremy P. Amick When Virgil Koechner turned 17 years old, he informed his father that he was tired of working on the farm, asserting…