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"Why Germany Nearly Won: A New History of the Second World War in Europe" is now available for purchase in the United Kingdom. 

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Interested in Assault Guns? Then Check Out This Month's Book Review

Submitted by SteveMerc
on Wed, 02/16/2022 - 16:00

This month's book review delves into StuG Abteilung 191. The book provides rich insight into the German usage of assault guns during the Second World War, all while paying attention to the kind of details that other works may overlook.

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WWII
Eastern Front
StuG Abteilung 191
Sturmgeschütz III
Assault Gun
Steve Mercatante
Bruno Bork
Balkans
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Blue
teacher
Kuban
Crimea
Voronezh
Ukraine

January's Book Review Just Went Live!

Submitted by SteveMerc
on Mon, 01/31/2022 - 21:02

This month I reviewed Special Forces and Vietnam Veteran Ed Wolcoff's book Special Reconnaissance and Advanced Small Unit Patrolling. This is a great book, providing an invaluable look at what it means to have to fight and survive in some of the most lethal circumstances imaginable - something anyone with even a passing interest in these matters should understand. You can check out the full review here.

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Vietnam
Special Forces
Wolcoff
Mercatante
Special Reconnaissance
Tactics
Techniques
Procedures
MACV-SOG

Our Latest Book Review is Posted

Submitted by SteveMerc
on Sun, 11/21/2021 - 14:57

Looking for a unique take on German operations and tactics during World War II? Niklas Zetterling's Blitzkrieg From the Ground Up does exactly that while also giving the reader a direct look at how German soldiers used their training and experience to solve tactical and operational problems they encountered during the war's first two years.

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World War II
Germany
Operational
Tactics
Polish Campaign
Norwegian Campaign
French Campaign
Military Doctrine
Niklas Zetterling
Steve Mercatante
Blitzkrieg

Wondering What It Was Like to Serve In A WWII Tank Battalion?

Submitted by SteveMerc
on Sun, 10/10/2021 - 18:25

I just finished Jeff Danby's Men of Armor. If you want to know what life was like in one of the U.S. Army's Second World War tank battalions then this is a book for you!

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Jeff Danby
WWII
Men of Armor
Sherman Tank
M4
M5 Light Tank
Steve Mercatante
756th Tank Battalion

Red Army Into The Reich

Submitted by SteveMerc
on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 16:00

Organized into nine chapters Red Army Into The Reich provides an excellent general overview of the Red Army's 1944-1945 push into not just Germany, but Scandinavia, Central Europe, and the Balkans as well.

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World War II
Eastern Front
Red Army
1945
Steve Mercatante

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