Featured Firearm: April, 2026
“Enfauser”
During and after the Great War, the Turks were pressed by a shortage of modern rifles, and in some cases they would turn to unorthodox solutions using captured weapons.
Day by Day History
The Battle of the Little Bighorn
Great Sioux War - 1876
Follow the ill-fated campaign of General George Custer as he makes his march to annihilation on the banks of the Little Bighorn River in Montana
The Dakota Column moves out, changing direction when word is received via courier of the massive village located by Gibbon on the Rosebud. In Wyoming, Crook’s men move out from Fort Reno, encountering enemy pickets but no actual fighting, at least as of yet.
The Dakota and Montana Columns remain bivouacked, while the Wyoming Column reaches the abandoned Fort Reno, encamping their while scouts move ahead to locate the friendly Crow warriors that were to rendezvous with them there.
A snowstorm halts the advance of the Dakota Column, while the Wyoming Column pushes onward, stopping just short of Fort Reno after a march through rain and sleet.
Cold weather sweeps in at the end of May, slowing both the Dakota and Wyoming Columns, while runoff swells the banks of the Yellowstone near the Montana Column encampment.
The Dakota Column halts on the Little Missouri as Custer takes some men and makes a reconnaissance searching for the hostile encampment, while the Wyoming Column advances as far as the Little Cheyenne River.
Biographic: September, 2025
Paul Reynaud
The last Prime Minister of the French Third Republic was thrust into office just in time for the crucible of 1940, whereupon he presided over the fall of his nation to German invasion. A lifelong politician, he would go on to serve an important role in the post-war French government as well.
From the Collection: December, 2023
1940 Italian 5 Lire Banknote
From the Collection: A banknote from the Fascist Era of Italy
World War Two Briefing - Part Three, Chapter 45 - The War - Specials
The Battle of Manila
3 February - 3 March, 1945
The Japanese naval garrison in Manila choses to fight to the death in the Philippine capitol, engaging in a concerted effort to slaughter the entire population and raze the “Pearl of the Orient” to the ground before it can be liberated by the Americans.
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