Rear Guard Action

It is time to set the spotlights on Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, the charging Hussar general who once believed he was pregnant with an ele...

Found last week on the cemetry of Beesel, Limburg . On the eastern bank of the Maas (or Meuse, as the French say) The grave contains ...

In the summer of 1943, RAF Bomber Command and the Eight USAAF took on the most important German port Hamburg, also a major industrial center...

I went to Hamburg last week and was well intentioned to drop money on some books on the Befreiungskriege in 1813 as a context for the Water...

I read the news today, oh boy... Horst Tappert, the German actor famous for his role as inspector Derrick in the series with the same title...

I spent last week near the Giants' Mountains in the Czech Republic. On account of most people opting for alpine joys, there was little i...

For several years I visited the Champagne-Ardennes in France with a bunch of friends for a weekend in summer. We'd travel to nearby sigh...