Palmerston Forts – Part 4 – The Royal Armouries Museum
The final part of our series returns to Fort Nelson which houses an impressive display of ancient and modern artillery pieces.
Read MoreThe final part of our series returns to Fort Nelson which houses an impressive display of ancient and modern artillery pieces.
Read More"The film's cinematography is wonderful, the dialogue moves the drama along effortlessly, and the depiction of Civil War-era maneuver is admirably accurate. In particular, this is the first film of this genre to correctly show artillery combat."
Read MoreFor all our loyal readers, we provide a fascinating insight into the life of ACG's very own Combat Photographer.
Read MoreIn a new series of articles, Joeri Teeuwisse gives us a fascinating insight into the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II.
Read MoreIt's Christmas time once again on Sinister Island, what will our loveable evil genius find in his stocking this year?
Read MoreTake a peek with Armchair General as we continue our look at the impressive 19th century forts in and around Portsmouth, England.
Read MoreSemper Fi! This month the U.S. Marine Corps celebrates its 230th birthday! I've searched the Inter-Web from hall to shore to bring you some of the best USMC websites online!
Read MoreIt has been 55 years since the Marines "attacked in another direction" during the campaign around the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. Wild Bill Wilder gives us some insight into this very personal battle against terrain, the bitter cold, and the swarming Chinese.
Read MoreYes it's 1066 all over again - take a stroll with us around Britain's most famous battlefield.
Read MoreThe poppy is an international symbol of those who died in war, and was first remarked upon by an early 19th century writer during the Napoleonic wars. He noted that the fields, barren prior to battle, had exploded with the blood-red flowers when the fighting had ceased.
Read MoreOn the morning of July 7, 1940, the invasion of England began. Airdrops by the Fallschirmjager disrupted the road and rail networks in key locations across the island, thus delaying an Allied response, and succeeded in capturing the airfields to the west of Norwich, which left the Allied defenders cutoff from reinforcement. Just as word was coming in of the success of the drops, the invasion of the beaches began in earnest. With a massive preperatory bombardment from both the Kriegsmarine and Regia Marina, the Germans hit the stunned British defenders just south of Norwich and were able to easily force their way ashore, completely overrunning the ill-prepared garrison division.
Read MoreIn part two of our series, Armchair General takes a look at another one of the mighty forts surrounding Portsmouth, England.
Read MoreCan it be? Has Doctor Sinister finally got a foolproof plan for world domination? Or is he still as barmy as ever?
Read MoreDiscover the connection between a 185 year-old watermill in rural England and one of the United States' first warships.
Read MoreCarlo D'Este takes a look at Dwight Eisenhower in his newest set of articles for Armchair General. This first part looks at what made him unique.
Read MoreIn part one of a series of articles, Armchair General takes a look at the 19th century fortress defences of Portsmouth, England, one of the most heavily defended places in the world at that time.
Read More"Keren is proving itself to be a tough nut to crack. The enemy is ferociously and repeatedly counterattacking us and, even if its losses have been exceedingly heavy, there's no immediate sign of yielding".
Read MorePrepare for WebOps! This month's column ties in with Armchair General's Douglas MacArthur: Soldier of the Century! issue (November 2005, Volume II, No. 5).
Read MoreJulius Caesar, Alexander the Great or Hannibal - who was the greatest of them all? One reader gives his views, join the debate here!
Read MoreSome people are born to greatness. Others have greatness shoved upon them. Still others reinvent their self into greatness. John A. “Black Jack” Logan reinvented himself not once, but twice into greatness, and nearly within a cat's whiskers distance from the White House when he died prematurely from what was described as cerebral rheumatism.
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