February 2026

In the summer of 1944, as Allied armies prepared to storm the beaches of Normandy, another kind of force was preparing for war behind enemy lines. They were not conventional soldiers. They were small three-man teams trained to organize resistance movements, sabotage German logistics, and coordinate guerrilla warfare across occupied …

In the chaos of World War II, American soldiers carried some of the most iconic weapons ever fielded: the M1 Garand, the Thompson submachine gun, and the Browning Automatic Rifle. Yet one of the most widely use, and often misunderstood, was the M1 Carbine. Small, lightweight, and easy to handle, …