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Featured battle : Les Rousses Pass

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 28 June 1815

The Austrians launched a dawn assault against the French National Guard units holding this important pass. The National Guard held up well until they attempted an over ambitious counter-attack. Austrian cavalry took them in the flank. The Austrians thus gained a vital pass into the SaƓne valley.

Featured image :

British Scimitar CVR(T) - turret detail

British Scimitar CVR(T) - turret detail

A close-up view of the turret of the Scimitar (see other entry for details) showing the targeting equipment and smoke grenade launchers, as well as the exhaust for the new Cummins powerplant and the side stowage containers just above the tracks.

Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43

Featured review :

United States Airborne Divisions 1942-2018 (Images of War series)

Michael Green
Another in the "Images of War" series, this is a good overview of the equipment and organisation of, primarily, the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions, with some coverage of other divisions and their brief histories. It nicely blends their WW2 histories with airborne actions since then, up to their modern organisation, kit and equipment, and vehicles/aircraft including their current deployment of drones.
The main focus of the book is, of course, the usual mix of photographs that you will have come to expect if you are a regular to these publications. Archive and in theatre images are coupled with museum exhibits, reenactors and press/publicity photos. A very handy volume.
Pen & Sword Military, 2019

Reviewed : 2019-11-07 20:20:11