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
Terry arrives at the grisly scene along the Little Bighorn and makes contact with Reno and Benteen. The full scope of the defeat on the Little Bighorn becomes apparent, as the task of burying the dead and assigning blame begins.
Reno’s command remains besieged through the day as Sitting Bull breaks camp and begins to move south rather than be caught be Terry and Gibbon advancing from the north. News begins to trickly to Terry’s command about the fate of Custer, but is not generally believed as of yet.
The 7th Cavalry attacks Sitting Bull’s camp along the Little Bighorn River. Be the end of the day more than half of the Regiment has been annihilated, and George Custer lies dead on a hillside. The remnants of the command are under siege on a ridge to the south, desperately awaiting the arrival of General Terry and the Wyoming Column.
The 7th Cavalry breaks off from the Rosebud and heads west into the Wolf Mountains, the scouts sent ahead to reconnoiter the valley of the Little Bighorn just beyond, while the Montana Column begins moving south along the Bighorn River.
The 7th Cavalry find the campsites noted by Reno on his scout as they continue southward along the Rosebud. Meanwhile, the Montana Column reaches Fort Pease near the mouth of the Bighorn.
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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