Featured Firearm: September, 2025
SACM Mle.1935A
Following a wholesale modernization program in the later interwar period, the French adopted a new handgun just in time for the Second World War.
Featured Firearm
Day by Day History
Manila: 1945 - Exercise Rhine: 1941 - Hue: 1968 - Tannenberg: 1914
Follow historical battles day by day in episodic format, with additional contextual posts about leaders, weapons and battlefields
Biographic: September, 2025
Paul Reynaud
The last Prime Minister of the French Third Republic was thrust into office just in time for the crucible of 1940, whereupon he presided over the fall of his nation to German invasion. A lifelong politician, he would go on to serve an important role in the post-war French government as well.
From the Collection: December, 2023
1940 Italian 5 Lire Banknote
From the Collection: A banknote from the Fascist Era of Italy
World War Two Briefing - Part Three, Chapter 37 - The War - Specials
Operation Market Garden
17-25 September, 1944
The Western Allies launch their next major thrust against Germany in the form of a massive airborne operation into the Netherlands with an intent to cross the Rhine and bypass the German defenses in the West, with an aim at a rapid end to the war in Europe.
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