Featured Firearm: April, 2026
“Enfauser”
During and after the Great War, the Turks were pressed by a shortage of modern rifles, and in some cases they would turn to unorthodox solutions using captured weapons.
Day by Day History
The Battle of the Little Bighorn
Great Sioux War - 1876
Follow the ill-fated campaign of General George Custer as he makes his march to annihilation on the banks of the Little Bighorn River in Montana
Custer locates a burial ground along the Tongue, while Reno moves the Rosebud after finding Sitting Bull’s trail. Meanwhile, Crook moves out for the north, reaching the headwaters of the Rosebud as both his men and Sitting Bull’s warriors prepare for battle.
Custer moves out from the Powder River Depot, while Reno continues to move westward and Crook prepares to move out from his camp to move northward into Montana. Meanwhile Sitting Bull experiences a vision as the Sun Dance comes to a close along the Rosebud.
Reno’s scouts deviate from the path ordered by Terry in hopes of locating the hostile encampment, while in the south Crook’s command is bolstered by the arrival in force of Crow and Shoshone scouts, joining them for their expedition to the north.
Reno’s scout arrives at the Mizpah and begins to pivot to the west as the Powder River Depot continues to take shape. The Montana Column experiences hard going on the soft, muddy ground, while the Wyoming Column remains encamped.
Reno’s scouts locate an abandoned Sioux camp while the bulk of the Dakota Column busies itself with building up the Powder River Depot, and Gibbon continues to move back to the west along the Yellowstone.
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 45 - The War - Specials
The Battle of Manila
3 February - 3 March, 1945
The Japanese naval garrison in Manila choses to fight to the death in the Philippine capitol, engaging in a concerted effort to slaughter the entire population and raze the “Pearl of the Orient” to the ground before it can be liberated by the Americans.
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