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After the events of the first week of August 2004, the situation in Najaf had turned towards a tense calm, a prelude to what would follow. The first skirmishes had given way to a full-fledged battle when the marines of the 1st Battalion, 4th Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant (Lt) Colonel (Col) Mayer intervened in order to prevent an assault by cleric al Sadr's militiamen on the city's main police station. The first exchanges of fire were the trigger for both sides to deploy more troops to a fight that in its final phases pitted the entire Marine battalion against thousands of Iraqis. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

"Armageddon in Stalingrad" is the second part of the "Stalingrad Tetralogy" written by David M. Glantz in collaboration with Jonathan M. House and published in Spain by Desperta Ferro. It is a work that takes us to the vital quarter that, between September and November 1942, marked the failure of the German Blitzkrieg and marked the maximum advance that the Germans would reach before engaging in a war of attrition that they could only lose. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

In March 2015, the tanks of the Houthi coup plotters and the Yemeni army loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh managed to reach the last large city controlled by the government of Abd Rabbu Mansur al-Hadi. At that moment the Saudis, seeing their man fall, decided to intervene definitively to support the latter, initiating a series of operations that cannot be understood without considering the maritime scenario, surely the most unknown dimension of this bloody conflict. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

Ediciones Encuentro has published in Spanish the set of essays, written by the French philosopher Jean Guitton between the 40s and 60s of the last century and collected in its original French edition of 1969 under the title “Thought and War.” This Spanish edition, which is in turn based on another French one published a couple of years ago, far from collecting only the essays - cycles of conferences, rather -, has interesting prologues for each of its chapters, written by prominent French officers. The comments, which significantly increase their value, help to clarify Guitton's ideas for those who, like the person who writes, are not accustomed to the particular philosophical language. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

The Reconquista is a myth. A beautiful myth, a necessary myth, a myth that has served to unify a country and a series of peoples around a historical destiny, yes, but a myth and as such, an invention. We can argue about the more or less real part of the myth, about the fabled part, about its convenience and about a million other things, but, whether we like it or not, if we really want to understand that historical period, the first thing we have to do is is to demystify it. That's what Brian A. Catlos does in "Kingdoms of Faith." A new history of Muslim Spain", a superb book that has arrived in Spain from the publisher Pasado & Presente. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new [Keep reading…]

This week we discuss the monumental work of the Russian author Oleg Sokolov «Austerlitz. Napoleon, Europe and Russia" about the Battle of Austerlitz, better known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, for pitting Napoleonic troops against the combined forces of the Austrian Emperor Francis I and Tsar Alexander I, whom the French genius destroyed with superior tactics. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

Editorial Almuzara presents us with this book that, like others in its series - and there are already a few books of curiosities on the most diverse topics, from history to science -, reveals dozens of anecdotes, data and stories, in some cases quite well known. and, in others, surprising, even for nautical fans like this writer. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

In recent years, a large number of small drones have appeared, often based on COTS technologies, and designed to provide reconnaissance and occasionally attack capabilities to platoon-type units, highlighting designs such as the Instant Eye tested in the Kingdom United, the Huginn X1 or the famous Phantom used by civilians. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

The future of the Spanish Navy is at risk. However, the strategic need to have an effective navy is beyond doubt for a country with the geographical characteristics of Spain. Likewise, the obligation to safeguard the nation's last and most influential economic and industrial asset in the defense sector, shipbuilding, is also a fact. Unfortunately, the budgetary situation - and its foreseeable evolution - requires a deeply realistic examination in order to save what is possible. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

Organic history of the large units (1475 – 2018) (IV) Democratic Spain By Fernando Mogaburo López Senior Cavalry Non-Commissioned Officer JUAN CARLOS I Democratic transition (1975-1983) When the Sahara was evacuated at the end of 1975, all the units there were dissolved deployed except two: the 3rd Tercio moved to Fuerteventura and the UHEL II went first to El Copero and, in 1979, to Bétera. The Tenerife Light Group was dissolved as it became redundant with the legionnaire. In 1976 the Reserve Brigade moved to Almería and the Immemorial Regiment changed its name to Rey. The following year Lepanto received the name of Queen and Milan that of Prince, but that of Naples did not recover its original name of Crown, but rather kept that of an old third with which it had no relation. In 1979 two RAMIXs were dissolved and another two became RAAA. The [Keep reading…]