Retreat, Hell! We Just Got Here!
In 1918, World War I was in its fourth year. Imperial Russia had succumbed to the Communist Revolution and capitulated …
Land Forces
Semper Fi: Women in the Marine Corps
At Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, one of the side streets near the intersection of Holcomb and McHugh …
A History of Women in the U.S. Army
Before there was a United States of America, there were women, as well as men, fighting to secure its future. …
Women With Guns: The Red Army Female Snipers of World War II
“Warfare is…the one human activity from which women, with the most insignificant exceptions, have always and …
Israel’s Heavy Armored Personnel Carriers
Unlike some armies, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) does not need to airlift equipment all over the globe. Israel’s wars …
Keeping it Zipped Above and Below the Beltline
The famous World War II poster showing a cargo ship sliding beneath the waves and bracketed by the phrase “LOOSE …
The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife
“In close-quarters fighting there is no more deadly weapon than the knife.”
– William Ewart Fairbairn, Get tough!: How to …
Pegasus Bridge
The French phrase coup de main literally means “a strike of the hand.” In military jargon, it means “an offensive …
Hobart and His Funnies: Gen. Omar Bradley and the D-Day Controversy
In March 1943 Britain’s leading armor warfare expert, Maj. Gen. Sir Percy C. S. Hobart, finally got his due. He …
The Rats of Tobruk
“The whole Empire is watching your steadfast and spirited defense of this important outpost of Egypt with gratitude and admiration.”…