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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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Biography Ottoman Russia 5 Min Read

PETER I UNDERCOVER

Peter I (1672ā€“1725), was the tsar who made Russia a Great Power and a military force to be reckoned with,…

Germany Small Arms 17 Min Read

GERMAN SLR DEVELOPMENT DURING WORLD WARĀ II

Gewehr 41 (Walther version) The ammunition question refused to die, however, and the lead in ammunition technology the Germans established…

Air Warfare Soviet 10 Min Read

Soviet Bomber ForceĀ I

Four-engined Pe-8 Firstly, the VVS did have a significant bomber fleet at the start of the war. During the first…

Air Warfare Soviet 14 Min Read

Soviet Bomber ForceĀ II

Hindsight clearly reveals three significant outcomes of the Russian experience in the air war with Germany, namely: a virtual lack…

Piracy Wars 18 Min Read

The Korean WarĀ I

Ā  The Korean War was fought for three years, one month, and two days, from June 25, 1950, to July…

Wars 22 Min Read

The Korean WarĀ II

Clockwise from top: U.S. Marines retreating during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir; U.N. landing at Incheon harbor, starting point of…

Battle Poland Soviet 22 Min Read

Soviet advance on WarsawĀ I

Facing defeat, Pilsudski halts Trotskyā€™s Russian steamroller at the gates of Warsaw and wins a momentous victory The Soviet advance…

Battle Cossack Poland Soviet 16 Min Read

Soviet advance on WarsawĀ II

The panic of the 13th had also brought forward the day for starting the great encircling sweep from the Wieprz.…

Operations Sail Sea Landing 18 Min Read

AVALANCHE in ItalyĀ I

Unmolested and apparently undetected, Kent Hewittā€™s armada of 642 ships steamed north in a thousand-square-mile swatch of the Mediterranean, bound…

Operations Sea Landing 19 Min Read

AVALANCHE in ItalyĀ II

What sort of people shall I encounter there? On the morning of September 9, 1943, certainly many Germans. Neither Kesselring…