An updated excerpt from ‘The Gulf War Chronicles” describes how, on the second day of ground attacks during Operation Desert Storm, U.S. Marine lieutenant Eddie Ray stalled an Iraqi onslaught, using the 25-mm cannon in his LAV. Then, he counterattacked.

The carrier USS Robin mysteriously appeared in the South Pacific in 1943—but there was no such ship in the U.S. Navy!

An animated map of the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II that pitted Anglo-American convoys against German U-boat wolfpacks.

The use of smoke on the battlefield can have a huge positive effect on the ability to achieve victory, but it can be extremely detrimental if not utilized properly. The ongoing series Tactics 101 takes readers behind the smoke screen.

Erwin Rommel was “the perfect fighting animal,” but the very characteristics that formed the roots of his victories contained the seeds of his defeats.

An animated map of Japanese and Allied military operations in Asia and the Pacific, 1944–1945, with links to associated online articles.

Author Lars Gyllenhaal takes us on a self guided tour of Norwegian battlefields from the 1940 Battle of Narvik.

Means and techniques of military deception are explored in this installment of the continuing monthly series ‘Tactics 101′ on ArmchairGeneral.com.

Animated map of the D-Day invasions and the Allies’ advance through Normandy and liberation of Paris, June 6 – August 25, 1944, with links to associated articles.

ACG Editor in Chief Jerry Morelock examines the arguments for and against the Japanese-American Internment camps of World War II.

Author Peter Suciu examines the somewhat crude yet reliable small arms that Russian soldiers used during World War II/Great Patriotic War.

The first article in a mini-series about planning, preparing and executing military deception operations, presented by the continuing monthly series Tactics 101 on ArmchairGeneral.com.

During the sixth anniversary of Operation Phantom Fury, the battle to free Fallujah, Iraq, from insurgents’ control, Richard S. Lowry tells what American forces faced, with an excerpt from his book, New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah.

Analyst Ralph Peters, whose article in the January 2011 Armchair General magazine ‘Long Live Death’ provides insight into Pancho Villa, recommends 10 books for additional reading on the Mexican Revolution of 1910.

This article is part 2 in a special series on World War II battlefields by ACG consulting historian and Advisory Board member, Carlo D’Este.

Legendary quarterback Roger Staubach talks in an exclusive interview about football, the US Naval Academy, his service in Vietnam, and how the ‘Hail Mary Pass’ got its name.