Featured Firearm: August, 2025
M1917 Enfield
When the United States finally entered the Great War in 1917 it found itself facing a significant shortage of modern rifles, and turned to a foreign design already in mass production domestically.
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: August, 2024
Hermann von Francois
One of the most aggressive commanders in the German Imperial Army, Hermann von Francois clashed with nearly every immediate superior he had. Twice decorated with the Pour le Merite, he would be forced out by his rival Ludendorff shortly before the end of the Great War.
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 35 - The War
Summer, 1944
July - September, 1944
With massive setbacks on all fronts, the Axis begin to crumble as large swaths of territory is wrested from them in Europe, while in the Pacific the Allies consolidate their holds and prepare to thrust deep into the Japanese Empire. Meanwhile, as uprisings occur across occupied Europe the Nazi regime faces an attempted putsch from within as Army officers make an attempt on Hitler’s life.
New to the Collection
M1917 Enfield Rifle
Bundeswehr Officer Cap
Coming Soon
Restoration Projects
German Mauser DSM34 Trainer
German Mannlicher G98/40
US WWII M1 Helmet