Arabesques: A tale of double lives

Robert Dessaix

One Sunday afternoon in a secluded valley in Normandy, France, Robert Dessaix chanced upon the castle where the famous French writer Andre Gide spent his childhood. Recalling the excitement Robert felt when he first read Gide as a teenager, he set off to recapture what it was that once drew him so stron...

Cromwell vs Jagdpanzer IV - Normandy 1944

David R. Higgins; Johnny Shumate (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)

By 1944, the evolution of armored doctrine had produced very different outcomes in Britain and Germany. Offering a good balance of speed, protection, and firepower, the British Cromwell tank was much faster than its German opponent. However, the Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer had a high-velocity main gun ...