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PALESTINE IN WORLD WAR II Part II
Brigadier Ernest Benjamin, commander of the Jewish Brigade, inspects the 2nd Battalion in Palestine, October 1944. Men of the Jewish Brigade ride on a Churchill tank in North Italy, 14 March 1945 TRAGEDY AND RESCUE To the Yishuv, the cause of Jewish rescue abroad was no less critical than the…
Hitler’s Paratroopers in Normandy I
3rd Parachute Division Fallschirmjäger at St-Lô with an early model FG-42. Developed specifically for the use of the Fallschirmjäger airborne infantry in 1942, the FG-42 was used in very limited numbers. Most of Hitler’s paratroopers in France were armed with the Mauser Kar 98L carbine or the MP-40 submachine gun.…
Hitler’s Paratroopers in Normandy IV
Fallschirmjäger of the 6th Parachute Regiment move into position during the fighting for Carentan. Frequent changes of position and camouflage were the German key to survival on the Normandy battlefield. The Wehrmacht quickly discovered that the U.S. Army was well-trained in combat in urban terrain. At Carentan, American infantry, armour,…
The Syrian Civil War – Evolution of the Syrian Army’s Way of War
By Eyal Berelovich militarystrategymagazine.com The views expressed above are those of the author and do not represent those of the Israel Defense Force Ground Forces, the R.D.C Department, or the Israel Defense Force. Professor Eyal Zisser’s 2018 article on the Syrian Civil War begins with the following words: “In March…
Operation Kutuzov
The direct aspect of that development began on July 11. It involved a still-overlooked operation that is arguably better evidence of the Red Army’s progress than the so frequently cited battle to the south. When all is said and done, Kursk, seen from a Russian perspective, was a traditional Russian…
The Hatten-Rittershoffen Inferno
German PzKpfw. V Panther medium tanks, mounting high-velocity 75 mm cannon, advance along a snow-covered road in the Hagenau Forest and the lowerVosges Mountains of France on January 31, 1945. Lt. General Jacob L. Devers, commander of Sixth Army Group, expressed his views and his reservations about the situation in…
The Final Siege: Antwerp 1914 Part II
The bombardment of the Belgian army headquarters at Mechelen had started on 18 October, as a result of which King Albert moved the headquarters to Antwerp. Once Mechelen was taken, the Germans moved their heavy guns forwards and began shelling the forts. The first German attack was directed against Sector…
US Army at Anzio: The Long Wait I
Of the six German divisions that had been in the Albano road salient February 19, 1944, none was fit for further offensive action. Fighting—bitter, bloody fighting—continued, but now the German High Command had no real hope of destroying the Anzio beachhead. Along the perimeter some of the action was dramatic…
F-51 Mustang in Korea
‘Maj Davis led a flight of 12 F-51 type aircraft on a mission over Korea. He displayed outstanding airmanship and exceptional heroism by leading his squadron over the heavily defended city of Pyongyang, where a devastating low-level napalm attack was made against supply warehouses in that city. Two of his…
Douglas MacArthur’s “Strategic Withdrawal”
By February 17, effective resistance to the Japanese invasion on Sumatra ceased. Two days later, Japanese troops from the Celebes came ashore on Bali. That same date, the 19th, Japanese began landings in Portuguese Timor, and Nagumo launched his massive strike toward Port Darwin, Australia. One hundred fifty aircraft, including…