Featured Firearm: June, 2025

Enfield No2 Mk1*

In the lead-up to the Second World War attempts by British government arsenals to make a cheaper alternative to the commercial Webley revolver that would meet with limited success.


Day by Day History

Manila: 1945 - Exercise Rhine: 1941 - Hue: 1968 - Tannenberg: 1914

Follow historical battles day by day in episodic format, with additional contextual posts about leaders, weapons and battlefields


Biographic: August, 2024

Hermann von Francois

One of the most aggressive commanders in the German Imperial Army, Hermann von Francois clashed with nearly every immediate superior he had. Twice decorated with the Pour le Merite, he would be forced out by his rival Ludendorff shortly before the end of the Great War.



From the Collection: December, 2023

1940 Italian 5 Lire Banknote

From the Collection: A banknote from the Fascist Era of Italy


Special

Field Trip: Albert Woolson Gravesite

In a quiet hillside cemetery in Duluth, Minnesota resides the final encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, situated on an unassuming grave marker for the last confirmed veteran of the American Civil War.


World War Two Briefing - Part Three, Chapter 34 - The War - Special

Operation Bagration

22 June - 19 August, 1944

Concurrent to the re-opening of the Western Front in Normandy, the Soviets launch their own massive offensive on the Eastern Front, tearing the German lines open and destroying Army Group Center in an operation that will leave them at the gates of the Reich itself.