From Biplane to Hurricane: The Slip-Wing experiment
The aircraft took off as a bi-plane, flew out over the sea with an RAF Hudson flying escort, jettisoned the upper wing, and returned to…
An Unlikely Alliance: When America Sided With Germany to Help China!
Von Seeckt was instrumental in forming Wehrmacht strategies. He believed in a well-armed and trained small force as opposed to a larger, untrained force. The…
A Storm in June: The Life, Death and WWII Legacy of Author Irene Nemirovsky
On July 13, 1942 Nemirovsky was arrested, and on July 17 was put on Convoy No. 6 for Auschwitz. In 1930 Irene Nemirovsky’s debut novel…
Armored Warfare “Arabian Nights – Part II” Available On Pc
Brand-new story missions, New French and Italian vehicles and dedicated Battalion features. Global publisher and developer My.com is proud to introduce the second part of…
‘A Decision to Serve’ The Korean War Veteran Who Upheld a Family Legacy
“With the Korean War going on, I realized I didn’t want to be drafted into the Marines or Army and have to sleep on the…
Blitzkrieg: When Christendom Attacked Northern Germany
Crusading against tribal Pagans would prove to be much easier than Crusading against an organized, well-equipped Muslim army. Despite the success of the First Crusade,…
The Impregnable City Walls of Constantinople Finally Fell To a 21-year-old Sultan.
“Be satisfied with the booty and the captives; the buildings and city belong to me.” Those were the words spoken by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II…
Could Hitler Have Avoided Defeat in Soviet Union?
“We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War It was 1939,…
The Order Of The Assassins: Medieval Masters Of Asymmetric Warfare.
Drugs were an integral part of the brainwashing process that the Assassins supposedly used to train young men to become single-minded, fanatical killers. Everyone today…
10 U.S. Presidents Who Served in the Military.
During the attack on Chichijima, Bush’s torpedo bomber was downed by anti-aircraft fire. As stipulated in Clause 1, Section 2, Article II of the United…
The Janissaries: The Military Elite of the Ottoman Empire.
The first Ottoman rulers reserved a fifth of the young prisoners of war for a system called devshirme or blood tax. The Janissaries were the…
The Gurkhas: The Worlds Toughest Fighting Elite.
To join the British Army, Gurkhas have to pass one of the world’s most grueling military selection processes. Indian Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw was known…