Europe

In a seeming de-escalation of the security crisis along the Russian-Ukrainian border, Moscow has withdrawn ten-thousand of the estimated 110,000 troops it has positioned near the border. Moscow did this even as it reasserted its demand of a legal guarantee that Ukraine will never be admitted to NATO, that the U.S. cease selling arms to Ukraine and that it act as mediator in negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and European countries.

The air war over Europe was a bloody affair for Allied pilots flying bombing missions over occupied Europe and Germany. Large bomber formations were savaged by flak and/or German fighters. Losses were so heavy that any crew that survived 25 missions were sent home. Few did. Things would soon change, however, as the P-51 Mustang […]

With just forty-four men dressed as American soldiers, SS Colonel Otto Skorzeny’s commando unit wreaked havoc and confusion behind U.S. lines in the opening days of the Battle of the Bulge that began on December 16th, 1944

Historians tend to lay most of the blame for Nazi atrocities at the feat of the Waffen SS, but the “Wehrmacht” or regular army was more than capable of rapacity and mass slaughter as well. Especially the anti-partisan units the Germans sent to occupy Greece in WWII.

Finland is the latest European country to buy the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter in an $11.3 Billion contract, rejecting the Boeing FA-18 Super Hornet, and other fighters offered by France, England, and Sweden.

Putin said Russia needed “legal guarantees” that Moscow’s security concerns in the region will be respected.

“Any escalatory actions by Russia would be a great concern to the United States… and would trigger serious consequences,” Anthony Blinken said.

While the Serbs are surrounded by NATO countries the threat of violence is very real. 

The Pentagon is unsure what this newest move by Russia means.

A bloody and violent film that is well worth your time, “The Forgotten Battle” showcases a lesser-known WWII encounter.

Would quality or quantity win in a modern tank battle between Germany and Russia?

GROM has the finest troops in the Polish military. The unit showed its skill during the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.