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Featured battle : Occupation of Minsk
Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Date : 08 July 1812
Napoleon's second attempt to bring the Russian army to battle failed when Davout's corps were sent to catch Bagration at the city of Minsk. As Davout arrived, Bagration was leaving, after destroying everything of use and burning bridges as they went.
Featured image :
RAF Chinook HC2 Helicopter
The RAF's largest helicopter, tasked with support transport, can accommodate 54 equiped troops or a 10 tonne payload. The load bay is large enough to fit two Landrovers. Chinooks like this one were carried aboard HMS Ark Royal and Ocean in the recent Iraq War for landing Royal Marines
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
