To the Summit of Suribachi

In the predawn darkness of February 23, 1945, a patrol went out toward the towering mass of Mount Suribachi. Read more

The Legend of the Black Sheep

In the 1970s, actor Robert Conrad starred in Baa Baa Black Sheep, leading a band of brawling, hard-drinking U.S. Marine fighter pilots flying their Vought F4U Corsairs against the best Japanese fighter jockeys in the Solomon Islands, and the show became a staple of weeknight television viewing. Read more

Warsaw Introduces Hand-Painted Turn-Based Strategy

In the grand scheme of things, World War II games tend to stick to a similar aesthetic regardless of genre. Read more

Hearts of Iron Expands Its Naval Capabilities

If you’ve played through Hearts of Iron IV at this point, you’ve likely gotten a feel for the ups and downs of the naval aspect of Paradox Interactive’s latest World War II-based grand strategy game. Read more

The Stealth Thrills of Sniper Elite V2 Return in Remastered Form

Even with all the improvements made in a series over the years, sometimes it’s a breath of fresh air to go back to the earlier roots. Read more

The Latest Total War Game Shines

At this point, Sega and developer Creative Assembly’s Total War franchise is about as dependable as can be. Read more

The Fate of Rodes and His Brigade Leaders After Gettysburg

Major General Robert Rodes, as well as three of his five brigade commanders at the Battle of Gettysburg, did not survive the American Civil War. Read more

A new work on the Battle of the Little Big Horn assesses the veracity of survivors’ accounts of the battle.

Major Marcus Reno’s column fired the opening shots of the Battle of the Little Big Horn on June 25, 1876. Read more

Choose Between Diplomacy and War in the Year 2027, and Take to the Battlefield in the Latest Crack at the Battle Royale Genre.

At this point, the year 2027 still sounds vaguely futuristic, even though it’s right around the corner. Read more

The U.S. Navy relied heavily on its versatile destroyers in two world wars to fulfill a variety of missions.

On November 1, 1943, a gunfight unfolded on the high seas. It began with a more conventional naval battle, a depth-charge attack by an American destroyer on a German U-boat. Read more

Lost Opportunity Along the North Anna River

The dirt roads leading from Spotsylvania toward the North Anna River 20 miles to the south were choked with blue-uniformed Union troops and gray-clad Confederate troops on May 21, 1864. Read more

Railway Empire: Germany Paves the Way for Locomotive Domination

Railway Empire has made a name for itself as a rail management simulator on PC and consoles, and the game recently laid its tracks even farther with a trip into the heart of Deutschland in the Railway Empire: Germany DLC. Read more

Air Conflicts Collection Brings Dogfighting to Switch

The Air Conflicts series of dogfighters has been buzzing around since 2006 and has inspired a number of sequels and spinoffs since its initial debut. Read more

The Invasion of Southern France Took Place 75 Years Ago

While the eyes of the world remained on Normandy during the difficult days that followed the D-Day landings of June 6, 1944, a scant nine weeks later another amphibious invasion of France took place. Read more

Memoir of a Red Army Tanker

Just after 6 am on July 5, 1943, Vasiliy Krysov spotted the enemy. Six tanks moved slowly toward him and the SU-122 self-propelled gun he commanded. Read more

General James Van Fleet overcame a terrible misunderstanding and rose to the highest echelon of command in the U.S. Army.

Colonel James Van Fleet, commander of the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, which splashed ashore at Utah Beach 75 years ago on D-Day, June 6, 1944, was an uncommon soldier. Read more

More World War II in the News

Hardly a month goes by that there isn’t something related to World War II in the news. Here’s a sampling of some recent news items—all from February 2019:

On January 3, 1944, the destroyer USS Turner (DD-648) exploded under still mysterious circumstances near the entrance to New York Harbor. Read more

The American Heavy Tank

A black Opel automobile raced through the streets of Cologne, Germany, on March 6, 1945. The driver, 40-year-old Michael Delling, was making a run for it. Read more

Cauldron of Destruction

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, who was attired in civilian clothing in keeping with his role as an observer for U.S. Read more

Army Nurses Corps: Angels In Olive Drab

Of the many groups that fought in World War II and have been largely forgotten in the history of that great conflict, none are more neglected than the women who served and died doing their duty alongside the men of the United States Army. Read more