Written by
Steven J Zaloga on July 01, 2001
Popular histories of modern wars inevitably simplify events and create myths and legends. The campaign in Normandy has created more than most, especially in view of the numerous television documentaries on this theme. For example, it is difficult to find an account of the breakout from Normandy ...
Written by
Neil Short on May 01, 2001
In his article 'Advancing Backwards' (Osprey Military Journal issue 2.1) Charles Winchester gave a detailed reappraisal of the German Army in the Second World War. He concludes that the Wehrmacht ...
Written by
Derrick Wright on March 01, 2001
On 19 February 1945, 72,000 United States Marines of the 3rd, 4th and 5th Divisions launched an amphibious attack on the small island of Iwo Jima some 660 miles south of Tokyo; their objective was to neutralise ...
Written by
Simon Dunstan on March 01, 2000
The bitter and protracted war that precipitated the collapse of the former Republic of Yugoslavia remains an appalling and enduring example of the fragility of many modern societies. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe ...
Written by
John Prigent on August 01, 1999
The original purpose of the German remote controlled vehicles was for minefield clearance, the intention being to guide a small unarmoured tractor through the minefield while it towed a threepart roller device to explode the mines...
Written by
on June 01, 1999
When the Japanese attack force of level, dive, and torpedo bombers pounced upon the American fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, they achieved an overall accuracy rate of 37% - a truly remarkable achievement. In training exercises the Japanese ...