Letters Home from the Battle of the Bulge

On Christmas day 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, Sergeant David Warman, a member of Company E, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, wrote a letter home.  Read more

Cherbourg & the Cotentin Peninsula: A Veteran Remembers

Like many true combat veterans, my father didn’t talk much about the war—in his case, World War II. Read more

Game Reviews: Wargaming.net’s World of Tanks

World of Tanks may be the most self-explanatory game title this side of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Read more

Grand views and Stirring Tales Await at the Chattanooga Battlefields

Deep ranks of Federal troops moved steadily across the valley floor toward Missionary Ridge late in the afternoon on November 25, 1863. Read more

Game Reviews: Explore the Bismarck & HMS Hood in World of Diving

World War II games span a plethora of genres and sub-genres, but a recent content update for World of Diving might be one of the most unique. Read more

Books as G.I. Gear: The Story of ‘Armed Services Editions’

The American forces serving in World War II were composed primarily of citizen soldiers—people who had no notion of going to war until Pearl Harbor was attacked. Read more

Visiting Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

Kennesaw Mountain was an alluring sight to General Joseph E. Johnston as he fell back from Allatoona Pass in mid-June 1864 toward the Confederate supply hub of Atlanta. Read more

The Reel Life Alamo

The siege of the Alamo is one of the most celebrated military confrontations in American history. There have been other instances of American soldiers fighting against the odds, from Custer’s Last Stand in 1876 to the embattled Marines defending Wake Island against the Japanese in 1941. Read more

Game Reviews: The Company of Heroes 2 December Update

Fortunately for Company of Heroes 2 fans, the dev team has put together another round of updates, some of which are long-requested additions to the game. Read more

Touring the Battle of the Bulge

The Battle of the Bulge lasted an entire month, and was fought over almost the entire Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and half of Belgium, yet finding all of the battlefields and historic sights is a bit more difficult than locating the D-day beaches. Read more

WWII Relics: Lausdell Artifacts From the Battle of the Bulge

By Bill Warnock

…He pulled a rusty American helmet from the ground. It had been an easy target for his metal detector, and as WWII relics went, this one proved something special. Read more