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Military History Feature Writer: Christopher Eger

Here we will delve into the world of human armed struggle on the battlefield, in the air, and on the seas. Covering naval history, land warfare, and aerospace conflict, find articles as varied as the Guerilla Campaigns in Missouri during the American Civil War, to biographies of military leaders and despots.

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Feature Writer Articles in Military History

The Kaiser's Protos Race Team
Driven by a General Staff Lieutenant on leave from the German Army, the huge Protos racing car was a disputed winner of the Great Race of 1908
Lt Hans Koeppen and the 1908 Great Race
German General Staff officer Lt Koeppen took leave from Berlin to win the Great Race for his Kaiser, and himself.
The SMS Konigsberg and Lettow-Vorbeck
The survivors of the SMS Koingsberg sinking in Africa in 1915 went on to fight for the rest of the war as jungle foot infantry
Blockade and Sinking of SMS Konigsberg
The German cruiser SMS Konigsberg was the hard-to-kill fleet in being that occupied 20 Allied warships for 9 months in WWI before finally sinking her.
The SMS Konigsberg 1914
Born an elegant ship in 1907 the German cruiser SMS Konigsberg found herself at large in the Indian Ocean and on African station at the beginning of WWI.


Contributing Articles in Military History

German Tanks of WWII - Panzer IV
The PzKpfw IV was the only German tank to stay in continuous production throughout the whole of the Second World War, with only its armour and gun receiving modification.
German Tanks of WWII - Panzer III
A seemingly luxurious crew of five, an internal intercom, radio, and allowances for upgrades. The Panzer-III lacked only one state-of-the-art feature - a powered turret.
San Diego's Soviet Era Attack Submarine
Now a museum piece, this formidable weapon of the former Soviet Union regularly stalked and shadowed American ships at sea during the Cold War.
The Battle of Marathon
This article analyzes the tactics and strategy employed by the Greeks and the Persians in the battle of Marathon and how it has influenced the evolution of the west.
The Rape of Nanking
The Rape of Nanking took place after the fall of the city of Nanking, -today's Nanjing - in China when Japanese troops committed acts of unspeakable cruelty.