The second part of Tactics 101′s articles on ‘The Anatomy of the Operations Order’ focuses on Execution, Sustainment, and Command and Signal.

The anatomy of an Operations Order are dissected in Tactics 101, the continuing monthly series on ArmchairGeneral.com.

The 60th entry in the monthly Tactics 101 series begins a new mini-series on the Operations Order (OPORD), starting with an overview on the Combat Orders and the OPORD.

Noted historian and author Professor Richard Holmes passed away at the age of 65.

Painstaking archaeological work determined the actual location of Bosworth Field, the penultimate battle of the War of the Roses, where King Richard III was killed.

An animated map showing a history of developments in the Mideast prior to the outbreak of World War I, with links to accompanying articles.

Tactics 101, the continuing monthly series on ArmchairGeneral.com, looks how a smart defender can use smoke to advantage on the battlefield.

Armchair General magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Col. (Ret) Jerry Morelock will be among the presenters at the 16th annual William E. Colby Military Writers’ Symposium to be held at Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont.

This month’s installment of Tactics 101 addresses the ways a commander can utilize smoke in the offense, providing analysis on the ‘DOs’ and the DON’Ts of offensive smoke.

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

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

ABC-Clio is seeking writers for Germany at War, a three-volume encyclopedia that will cover German military history from the Thirty Years War to today.

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.

Author Jay Wertz and Editor Col. (ret) Jerry Morelock will be on hand at the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl on Dec. 30, 2010, to sign copies of The Pacific Volume One: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal.

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.