Developed towards the end of World War II, the M1945 (D-44) antitank gun was used by Soviet bloc nations until the late 1970s. It used the same 85MM gun found on the T-34/85 tank. The T-34 series of tanks were the primary Soviet medium tanks used during World War II.Continue Reading

Atomic warfare, nuclear doctrine, mutually assured destruction, a dead man’s switch, Star Wars, these all are punchlines which highlight the crux of the era we now know as the Cold War.  Both of the world’s greatest superpowers clashed with one another in a different war that was fought with scienceContinue Reading

Japan’s history is by no means mysterious to the modern scholar.  It’s a colorful one, but there’s certainly little when it comes to applicable facts that a historian finds himself at odds with.  What Japan does provide, however, is an example of how fragmented and warring states can become aContinue Reading

For the last several updates, I’ve just basically posted them in raw HTML on the homepage, and that stops now. I’ll be posting regular updates in the news section – since there’s no point in me having a news section if I don’t use it. The homepage has once againContinue Reading

In October of 1917, the 38th Infantry Regiment was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division at Camp Greene, North Carolina under the command of MG Joseph T. Dickman. The 3rd Division deployed to France in March of 1918 and was positioned around Chateau-Thierry. During this deployment, the 38th Infantry wasContinue Reading

Nestled into the northeastern territory of Lorraine in France, the small city of Verdun was the site of the largest battle on the Western Front in World War I. After having been delayed for almost two weeks, German forces launched Unternehmen Gericht (Operation Judgement) on the morning of 21 FebruaryContinue Reading

World War I saw many new technological advances on the battlefield. Widespread use of the submarine made open waters unsafe for civilians and navies, steel coffin tanks littered fields where crops used to grow, and eyes in the sky could see your every move. War was fought in the trenches,Continue Reading