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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 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.
Tony Stein USMC Hero of Iwo Jima 1945
Corporal Tony Stein of the 28th Marines used his improvised Stinger machine gun to earn a well deserved Congressional Medal of Honor on the beaches of Iwo Jima in 1945
The FN FiveseveN Pistol
Designed to defeat Soviet body armor, the 5.7 came out too late for the Cold War but has found a use with Special Units around the world.


Contributing Articles in Military History

Superpowers Aim to Reverse Nuclear Arms Race
While real progress was made on nuclear arms reduction with the United States, the Soviet Union itself was beginning to break up and finally collapsed in December 1991.
Nathan Bedford Forrest and the Legacy of the Pos
Nathan Bedford Forrest and the Civil War South carried a legacy of carnage that continues even to this day.
Pearl Harbor History Summary
The Pearl Harbor bombing by Japanese carrier aircraft and subs came as a surprise to U.S. commanders in Oahu, Hawaii the morning of December 7, 1941.
Heinrich Himmler Had Bizarre Occult Beliefs
Heinrich Himmler engaged in strange practices, which have been referenced to in popular videogames and movies.
Louisville's Frazier Museum is Military Must-See
The Frazier International History Museum is an excellent resource for military history, especially for English and American history, while entertaining the whole family.