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THE LAST EMPERORSÂ I
With the infighting at the Tibetan court threatening to tip the country into civil war, and the Tang empire maintaining its stranglehold on the lucrative Silk Route, Tibet was in trouble. The Silk Route was vital for an economy that thrived on the export of luxuries such as musk, yaks’…
Americans in Vercors I
The OSS Special Operations and Operational Groups teams were involved in supporting the Maquis of Vercors during one of the best-known and much discussed episodes of the French Resistance during World War II. Vercors is a plateau situated in the pre-Alps region between the cities of Valence and Grenoble, about…
Americans in Vercors II
In the first days of July, Eucalyptus settled at the Huet’s headquarters in Saint-Martin-en-Vercors, twelve miles north of Vassieux. The team became the primary channel of communication between Huet and the outside world, with Pacquet exchanging hundreds of messages with Algiers and London. On the other hand, Captain Hoppers and…
Prussia of Bismarck
In 1858 William became Regent in place of his brother. New elections to the Landtag produced liberal successes and William appointed moderate liberals to the government. The hopes of liberal nationalists that Prussia would now lead the way to a reformed and national Germany were raised by these events. This…
THE STORM OF BÉZIERS
The massacre on the forecourt and in the church of Madeleine in Beziers July 22, 1209 By LAURENCE W. MARVIN The twenty-four-year-old Viscount of BĂ©ziers knew by the time the crusader army left Montpellier on 20 July that his city was the first military objective of the crusade. By the…
What If: Britannia Rules the Waves: The Battle of Jutland, 1916 Part II
Montague Dawson paints the German High Seas Fleet, under command of Admiral Reinhard Scheer, perform a daring and untested full speed turn in unison to escape the range of the British Grand Fleet under command of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe on the horizon. The Run to the North At approximately…
Intelligence Post WWII Part I
Argentinian Invasion of the Falklands Military operations have changed greatly since the end of the Second World War, most of all because the development of nuclear weapons has effectively prevented the major states from fighting the sort of full-scale struggles for decision which are the subject of this book. Big…
Intelligence Post WWII Part II
Milan – RAID SAS – Darwin Settlement. Painting by Daniel Bechennec. Visit Daniel’s Website for some fantastic Paintings Read part I here: Intelligence Post WWII Part I Special forces are a distinctively British contribution to contemporary military capability. They have their origin in Winston Churchill’s directive of July 1940 to…
Henry VI: Resurgence of Piracy I
The unusually peaceful conditions in the Channel left by Henry V were the result of English control of both shores, combined with the essential support of the Count of Flanders (otherwise known as the Duke of Burgundy) and a series of truces made with the other countries whose merchants used…
Steinbock, Gisela and Buzz-bombs I
Mosquito NFII night fighter of 141 Squadron piloted by Harry White gains altitude at dusk in 1943. By Steven Heven Having rebuilt its strength by February 1943, KG2 was back in the front line again and in addition to the build up of fresh crews it was also re-equipped with…