Web Links for the January 2006 Issue
Prepare for WebOps! This month's column ties in with Armchair General's Chester W. Nimitz issue (January 2006, Volume II, No. 6).
Read MorePosted on Jan 28, 2006 in Armchair Reading, Front Page Features
Robert’s Ridge – Book Review
This story should be made into a movie. Not because it is exciting, or gripping, or powerful, or realistic. It is certainly all of those things, and a real page-turner in book form. Instead, this story needs to find a mass media outlet so that the man on the street knows what allied armed forces are going through in the wastelands of the War on Terror.
Read MoreMarch 2006 Issue: Ulysses S Grant
All new for 2006, we have taken your suggestions and made the magazine even better. Not only do we have features on the future of warfare in the 21st Century, interactive battles set in the Civil War, and a piece on Hitler's Blunders...but now the magazine looks as smooth as it reads! See it Feb. 1st.
Read MoreThe Rogue’s March – Book Review
The Mexican-American War saw the United States in the grips of both xenophobia and a fear and loathing of the Catholic Church. Both of these factors came together to create one of the world’s most unique military organization: The Saint Patrick’s Battalion of the Mexican Army.
Read MoreIke: World War II’s Indispensable General, Part 2
With Ike it was all about relationships and none was more important that his association with Winston Churchill. Two more diverse personalities could hardly be imagined, but together, their friendship became the foundation of the alliance, and, with Roosevelt's declining health, the glue that held it together.
Read MoreThe Flying Circus: Pacific War -1943- As Seen Through A Bombsight – Book Review
War has been described as 90 percent boredom and 10 percent terror, and the war for Jim was no different. What did stand out for Jim were not the rigors of combat, but the deliberate brutality of the Japanese.
Read MoreUFO: Aftershock – Game Review (PC)
Do you have what it takes to reclaim Earth for humanity? Is it even worth bothering to try? Can UFO: Aftershock survive the obvious comparisons to the X-Com games?
Read MoreThe Dead of Winter – Book Review
The Dead of the Winter is an outstanding book that is a highly recommended read. Future readers will admire the sacrifices of those soldiers who died in the Ardennes.
Read MoreThe Incorrect Art of War [Episode 14] – Now you Tree Me, Now You Don’t
Invisible troops? A platoon of Tree Surgeons? Find out what's going on with Doctor Sinister's latest insane plan for world domination.
Read MoreBattles in Italy – Game Review (PC)
Battles in Italy recreates the Italian battles faithfully but does so in an extremely accessible manner. The situations are fascinating and well-balanced. This game represents a significant advance in a fine series.
Read MoreCarriers in Combat: The Air War at Sea – Book Review
Hearn could well be that uncle of yours back from a life at sea as he masterfully puts a face on each character that moved the Aircraft Carrier into the prominence it enjoys today.
Read MoreDesert Knights – An Overview of the War in North Africa
Erwin Rommel, renowned German general of the Second World War envisioned the desert as a great ocean. His tanks like ships on that open sea. He saw his tanks as battleships controlling that sea, and they were the important thing in his mind.
Read MoreRevisiting Nelson and Trafalgar
Now that 200 years have passed on one of the most famous naval battles that ever took place in history, it’s time to look back and try to get a fresh look upon it. What made this battle so special?
Read MoreACG’s recreation photography draws media attention
ACG's own Combat Photographer, Seimon Pugh-Jones features in this month's edition of the UK's Professional Photographer Magazine.
Read MoreHitler’s U-Boat Fortresses – Book Review
Learn the story behind the U-boat pens which were high value targets for bombers, commandos, the Free French, and allied ground forces.
Read MoreEdson’s Ridge – Guadalcanal
Wild Bill Wilder gives us a dramatic account of the fierce fighting for the volcanic island of Guadalcanal in 1942.
Read MoreWebOps (Dec 2005)
This month, George Hageman tells us how he is bringing military history into the future with his podcasting website. Who's he, and what's podcasting, you ask? Read on to find out!
Read MoreFor God & Country – Book Review
One bit of military wisdom states that there are no atheists in the foxhole. Religion and warfare have been intertwined since the dawn of humanity; yet the role of the Chaplain in modern combat has largely been unexplored.
Read MoreBattalion Wars – Game Review (GameCube)
War has never been quite so much fun in this latest release for the Nintendo Gamecube, closely related to the Advance Wars series on the GameBoy.
Read MoreThieves of Baghdad – Book Review
Thieves of Baghdad is the perfect volume to pick up if your recent reading material has placed you in a bit of a rut. It is one of those rare books that will keep you guessing as to what lies ahead on the next page (or even paragraph). It is a book that will inform, entertain, and make you think. Is there anything more you would want from a book?
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