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I had read the Nazi's hit every country in Europe other than Switzerland. Maybe they kept their money there?

"The War Within" is a book about the siege of Leningrad written by Boston University professor Alexis Peri. Her primary sources are personal diaries of ordinary Leningraders which were declassified by the Russian government in the 2000s. Unfortunately, rather than telling the story of how...

This is a very readable book about the Siege of Leningrad, especially the brutal 1941-42 winter, by Anna Reid. Ms. Reid is an English journalist who spent most of her career working in Eastern Europe. The fact that it wasn’t written by an academic probably accounts for the book’s balanced...

Iconic Polish FB Radom Pistol to Return To Production Does anyone here own one of the older WWII version of this pistol? http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/12/21/iconic-polish-fb-vis-pistol-return-production/...

Anyone want to do war bring-back thread on the forums. I am in the mood for some military history right know.

Choose your post-WW2 rifle you like.

what tools would i need to build a pps-43c from a kit, assuming i have the barrel and receiver and all parts needed. the kit i want is already drilled, just needed to be put together. here is the kit's link: http://militarygunsupply.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1067

What do you guys think about the .30 Tokarev for HD/SD? I also would like to know how the .30 tok ranks in stopping power compared to .40 S&W and other common calibers.

I recently picked up a Mosin Nagant from cabelas and wanted to patch up some spots on the finish. I have no idea what the Ruskies used in WW2 as finish on their guns, but wanted to see if you guys could tell me what thet used or what would give me similar results.

Thought some of you might like to see some of these old war department training films. The Chance-Vought F4-U Corsair training film. Part 1 includes start up, engine controls, taxing, take-off and climb. Watch part 2 for conclusion. The bent wing bird or "Whistling Death" as it was called by...

So I've been looking at some bolt-actions for a while to fit in a sccabbard that will be slung across my back while I rely primarily on a carbine for short-medium range threats. It will most likely be an AR-15, AK-74, or a carbine in a pistol caliber. The first rifle that comes to mind is the...