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Featured battle : Danzig
Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Date : 16 January 1813 - 29 November 1813
This important city port had been blockaded for almost a year. The Prusso-Russian figures refer to those present at the final capitulation; during the course of the siege their numbers had been as low as 15,000. An Anglo-Russian flotilla blockaded the seaward side of the port. Total casualties for the Prusso-Russians are not known. The French suffered 6,000 killed a further 6,000 sick, and 8,000 deserters, the remainder were captured.
Featured image :
World War 1 Russian Imperial Machine Gun - MUR3_ww1mg3
A recreation of a Soldiers from the 13th Imperial Regiment manning a Maxim heavy machine gun position
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
