The Italian army in World War 2 gets a bad rap from a lot of people (myself included). It seems like the Germans were always cleaning up campaigns that the Italians had made a mess …
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TH# Thursday 1:Target-Based Hit Determination DRM Case J
April 1, 2010
Today I'm proud to finally unveil a brand new direction for www.isleyunruh.com: I'm moving from weekly to daily postings! It was always a problem of content rather than time (I can only write so much …
War Games – What is the appeal?
November 27, 2009
I've talked about board games before, and in that post I discussed how there are a ton of games out there with simple rules, short playing times and fun strategic choices that are all far …
The World War II Balkan Campaign Explained
August 26, 2009
While most people can describe the general details of the Polish and French campaigns in broad strokes (Germany blitzkrieged through Poland...then they did it to France), the Balkan campaign is most often thought of as simply "the blunder that …
Operation Market Garden – Monty’s Gamble.
January 20, 2009
World War II has always fascinated me. There are all kinds of interesting things about "The War of Nazi Aggression", but I think the thing that really appeals to me is that it was the …
WWII Resistance – Just a hill of beans?
September 18, 2007
First, if you haven't seen Casablanca and don't know how it ends…well lucky you! Quit reading this and go watch it! If you have seen it, or don't care about spoiling one of the great …
Having read literally ONES of books on World War II, and perused literally TENS of Wikipedia articles on the subject, I have decided to use my vast expertise to write a bit about a common …