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 …
World War II
The Faustian Bargain: Industrialist Fritz Thyssen and the Nazis
“Fritz Thyssen, German industrialist who gave Reichsfuehrer Hitler early financial backing, is now in the hands of the Gestapo, it …
Guadalcanal and Sgt. John Basilone | Video
In this Marine Corps video, Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps …
Richard Tregaskis at Guadalcanal: A War Correspondent’s Story
For journalists, being a war correspondent in World War II was the opportunity of a lifetime. Hundreds received their credentials …
The Royce Special Mission
On April 9, 1942, the American and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula surrendered. Japanese conquest of the Philippines was …
The Fall of Ernst Udet and Gerd von Rundstedt
“There were no preparations for a prolonged struggle. Everything was based on the idea of a decisive result before the …
Interview: Col. Marcus S. Evans
Col. Marcus S. Evans received his commission in the infantry through ROTC in 1994. His first assignment was with …
75 Years of U.S. Army Rangers: A Legend Begins, 1942
He did not look like an American soldier. This man, walking up a street in Liverpool in 1942, was wearing …
Interview: Rear Adm. John Fuller
(Courtesy of Surface SITREP, published by the Surface Navy Association (www.navysna.org).)
Lundquist: You have two different but …
The Comic Books Go to War
In the 1940s they were all in color for a dime and many packed a whopping 52 pages between their …