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Posted on Feb 3, 2006 in Front Page Features, Stuff We Like
Have you ever possessed an item of militaria and pondered on the history that may lay behind it? Have you ever considered who might originally have owned it and where that person could be now? Well, these are just some of the many the questions that ran through the head of one of our readers and wife’s grandfather; an 86 year-old Canadian World War 2 Veteran who, after more than 60 years, put to rest just such a mystery with the help of Armchair General on the internet…and some blind luck.
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Posted on Feb 2, 2006 in Boardgames, Front Page Features
...as I picked the new version of Deluxe Alexander up off the shelf, I had to wonder: After the changes made to the game system in such recent games as Devil's Horsemen, could a re-release of the original game in the Great Battles series stand up? Or was I, like many hex-based wargamers, simply living in the nostalgic past?
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Posted on Jan 30, 2006 in Front Page Features, Stuff We Like
It's already show-season in the UK! Join Armchair General as we browse the stalls at this year's militaria trade fair and see what bargains we can find...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2006 in Armchair Reading, Front Page Features
Prepare for WebOps! This month's column ties in with Armchair General's Chester W. Nimitz issue (January 2006, Volume II, No. 6).
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Posted on Jan 27, 2006 in Books and Movies, Front Page Features
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.
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Posted on Jan 23, 2006 in Front Page Features
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.
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Posted on Jan 18, 2006 in Books and Movies, Front Page Features
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.
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Posted on Jan 18, 2006 in Carlo D'Este, Front Page Features
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.
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Posted on Jan 17, 2006 in Books and Movies, Front Page Features
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.
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Posted on Jan 17, 2006 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features
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?
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Posted on Jan 12, 2006 in Books and Movies, Front Page Features
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.
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Posted on Jan 12, 2006 in Armchair Reading, Front Page Features, TIAOW
Invisible troops? A platoon of Tree Surgeons? Find out what's going on with Doctor Sinister's latest insane plan for world domination.
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Posted on Jan 12, 2006 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features
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.
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Posted on Jan 11, 2006 in Books and Movies, Front Page Features
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.
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Posted on Jan 10, 2006 in Front Page Features, War College
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.
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Posted on Jan 7, 2006 in Front Page Features, War College
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?
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Posted on Dec 27, 2005 in Armchair Reading, Front Page Features
ACG's own Combat Photographer, Seimon Pugh-Jones features in this month's edition of the UK's Professional Photographer Magazine.
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Posted on Dec 27, 2005 in Books and Movies, Front Page Features
Learn the story behind the U-boat pens which were high value targets for bombers, commandos, the Free French, and allied ground forces.
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Posted on Dec 26, 2005 in Front Page Features, War College
Wild Bill Wilder gives us a dramatic account of the fierce fighting for the volcanic island of Guadalcanal in 1942.
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Posted on Dec 20, 2005 in Armchair Reading, Front Page Features
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!
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