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Forschungsmitarbeiter Mitch Williamson is a technical writer with an interest in military and naval affairs. He has published articles in Cross & Cockade International and Wartime magazines. He was research associate for the Bio-history Cross in the Sky, a book about Charles ā€˜Mothā€™ Eatonā€™s career, in collaboration with the flierā€™s son, Dr Charles S. Eaton. He also assisted in picture research for John Burtonā€™s Fortnight of Infamy. Mitch is now publishing on the WWW various specialist websites combined with custom website design work. He enjoys working and supporting his local C3 Church. ā€œCurate and Compileā€œ
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Air Warfare Biography 15 Min Read

SOVIET FIGHTER ACES INĀ KOREA

Russian MiG-15 Aces in Korea, from left to right: Aleksandr P. Smorchkov (8 kills), Nikolai Ivanovich Ivanov (6), Semen Alexeievich…

Crusades Medieval 7 Min Read

Holy Lance

The ultimate fate of the lance found at Antioch is unclear. Raymond of Aguilers writes that it was carried into…

AFV 5 Min Read

76-mm Sherman

Standard M4A2(76mm) Sherman M4A3(76mm) Sherman The US Army made a conscious decision in 1943: to ignore calls for rapid development…

Naval Weapons 12 Min Read

WWII USN Torpedoes

ā€œDamn those explodersā€¦damn them all to hell!ā€ exclaimed the skipper of submarine Jack, Lieutenant Commander Thomas Michael Dykers, on June…

Battle 16 Min Read

Ia Drang Valley

The 1st Cavalry Division deploys the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, at Ia Drang two miles to the northeast of Landing…

Germany SpecForce 12 Min Read

HERBSTNEBEL ā€“ SpecialĀ Forces

Above is one of the rare pictures of this operation. Von Der Heydte is on the right, his arm injury…

Battle 11 Min Read

Battle of Reports ā€“ GettysburgĀ I

In the orders, issued less than a month before the Battle of Gettysburg, Adjultant General and Inspector General CS Army…

Battle 10 Min Read

Battle of Reports ā€“ GettysburgĀ II

Map of the third and final day during the Battle of Gettysburg. There are, however, other trails to follow. Several…

Biography History Spain 17 Min Read

Fernando VI (1746ā€“59), King ofĀ Spain

Portrait by Louis Michel Van Loo The Franco-Spanish fleet commanded by Don Juan JosĆ© Navarro drove off the British fleet…

Biography History Spain 24 Min Read

Carlos IIIā€™s Reign

Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs, c. 1761 Though Fernando VIā€™s reign saw the end of French tutelage, the latest intellectual…