Special Report from Afghanistan – A Turning Tide?
Can Hezb-e-Islami, "Party of Islam," successfully walk a precarious tightrope and turn the tide against the Taliban in the Nerkh district of Afghanistan?
Read MoreInterview with Gen. Wesley Clark, former Supreme Alllied Commander, NATO
In an exclusive interview, Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret), former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, about the nature and challenges of modern warfare.
Read MoreTactics 101 073: Light-Heavy Operations
Light-Heavy Operations, in which a smaller unit of mechanized vehicles augments a larger light infantry unit, is the subject of this month's Tactics 101, a continuing series from Armchair General.
Read MoreFirestorm: Forest Fires as a Weapon in Vietnam
In 1966, the Advanced Research Projects Agency, cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service, developed a program designed to eliminate jungle cover for communist forces in South Vietnam by using air-dropped incendiaries to start forest fires.
Read MorePo Man’s War: WW II, Napoleon, and the Po River Valley
Comparing Napoleon's successful campaigns in Italy with that of the Allies in World War II suggest that the Allies' mistake may have been more of execution than of strategy.
Read MoreLest We Forget
Author and historian Carlo D'Este reminds us of the significance of Memorial and why we should take a moment to remember the real meaning behind the holiday.
Read MoreSpecial Report From Afghanistan Part 2: Is this Winning?
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Pat Proctor offers a unique “boots on the ground†perspective from his recent deployment to Afghanistan with 1st Infantry Division. This is part two of his new “Reports from Afghanistan†series.
Read MoreJourney To Obsolescence: The Army Air Corps Lighter-Than-Air Branch – Part 3
This is the third installment of Neal Creighton's Journey To Obsolescence: The Army Air Corps Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Branch 1917 - 1937.
Read MoreTactics 101 072 – Heavy-Light Operations
Tactics 101, the continuing Armchair General series, assesses Heavy-Light Operations,the integration of heavy and light forces on the battlefield.
Read MoreSouth Africa’s Boer Fighters In The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902 Part I
Boer descendant Deetlefs du Toit, a member of South Africa’s parliament, enhances and expands on two articles from the July 2012 issue of Armchair General with a wealth of additional information about the Boer Wars in part 1 of a 2-part series.
Read MoreMaj. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, Jr. – ‘Father of U.S. Armored Forces’
Adna R. Chaffee, Jr., is known as the 'Father of the U.S. Armored Forces' because of his leadership, expertise in organizational maneuvers, and grasp of doctrine, as well as an ability to clearly articulate his vision for an independent armored force.
Read MoreA Young Boy’s Unforgettable Experience in World War II
Author and historian Carlo D'Este recalls the day he heard that President Franklin Roosevelt died in April 1945.
Read MoreThe Rubis – Free French Submarine
The Rubis, a Saphir-class submarine of the Free Free Navy, found itself with a torpedo stuck in one tube, malfunctioning ballast tanks and leaking batteries, in the middle of a German minefield.
Read MoreOPERATION CATAPULT – Churchill’s Controversial Plan to Deny the Germans French Ships
OPERATION CATAPULT, Winston Churchill's plan to deny French naval vessels to the Germans, resulted in 1,300 French deaths at Mers-el-Kebir.
Read MoreReport From Afghanistan: Part 1: One Enemy, Many Faces
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Pat Proctor offers a unique “boots on the ground†perspective from his recent deployment to Afghanistan with 1st Infantry Division. This is part one of his new “Reports from Afghanistan†series.
Read MoreTactics 101 071 – Reconnaissance and Surveillance Planning
This month Tactics 101, the continuing monthly series from Armchair General, looks at the three key elements of reconnaissance and surveillance planning.
Read MoreRadio Kills: Rommel’s 621st Radio Intercept Company
You know life is rough when you welcome British food. But Captain Alfred Seebohm, commander of the German Afrika Korps’ 621st Radio Intercept Company, traded for cans of bully beef whenever he could. His focus in life was British military radio traffic, so why not eat their food, too? Seebohm’s 621st was a set of ears for his commander, Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal) Erwin Rommel. Rommel needed to know who he was fighting, where they were, what they were planning to do, when they would do it, and how they would do so. Not surprisingly, his British-led opponents did not want him to know any of these things. He needed intelligence—men from different disciplines trying to learn who, where, what, when, and how. Seebohm was not Rommel’s only ears. The German Cipher Branch could read the U.S. State Department’s Black Code. Cipher Branch decrypted the reports of the U.S. military attaché in Cairo detailing the British situation in North Africa and shared them with Rommel. But hearing is...
Read MoreTactics 101 070 – Reconnaisance, Part 1: the Foundations
The 70th installment of Tactics 101, the continuing monthly series from Armchair General, looks at the basics of reconnaissance, the first in a series of recon articles.
Read MoreMUST READ … Ralph Peters Testifies to Congress. Explains What YOU Really Need to Know About Pakistan
Armchair General Advisory Board member Ralph Peters testifies to Congress and explains what YOU really need to know about Pakistan.
Read MoreWas Winston Churchill to Blame for the Fall of Singapore?
The fall of Singapore, the supposedly impregnable fortress, to Imperial Japanese forces in 1942 was possibly the worst defeat of British arms in history; was British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to blame?
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