Battle Against an Ally

When the armistice between France and Germany was put into force on June 25, 1940, the fate of the powerful French Navy—the fourth largest in the world—was of critical importance to the British. Read more

Japanese Fighters Launch Operation Tsuzigiri

Why was Myitkyina such an important objective in the reconquest of Burma in 1943 through 1944 for the Allies and especially among them, Lt. Read more

Tracking Nazi Murderers

On the bone-chilling night of March 24, 1944, shadowy figures from nowhere out of the ground. They emerged from a makeshift tunnel that led from the German prison camp Stalag Luft III located approximately 100 miles southeast of Berlin to a wooded area outside the barbed wire. Read more

Marine Air In The Philippines

Backstory: In the first installment, after heroically performing close air support missions for their Marine infantry brethren during several island invasions in 1944, U.S. Read more

The Magnificent Jeep

Dear Sir,

As a World War II veteran of C Company, 134th Infantry, 35th Division, I certainly enjoyed Don Haines’s article on the Bedford Boys in the May 2012 issue of WWII History. Read more

Times change for Japan and Korea, but bitter memories linger.

For centuries the Japanese and Korean peoples have remained wary of one another, warring and occupying, threatening and maintaining an uneasy peace at various times. Read more

Treasury Spy for Stalin

Harry Dexter White was an unassuming man. His metal-framed glasses, child-like appearance, and mild demeanor endeared him to people. Read more

Panzer Corps: Afrika Korps

Let’s take a break from our usual World War II game scenarios and head to the desert for some expanded skirmishes in Panzer Corps: Afrika Korps. Read more

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

Reference is made in the Early Fall issue of WWII History and in particular in the article on the Battle of the Bulge and the role of our air force in this historic campaign. Read more

Father of Tuskegee Airmen

On the hot, humid afternoon of May 22, 1934, a one-seater Buhl “Pup” aircraft slowly descended from the skies over a large field near the all-black Tuskegee Institute in eastern Alabama. Read more

November World War II Games

It’s been a fairly long road for Damage Inc: Pacific Squadron WWII, which started its life as War Wings: Hell Catz, but the latest in World War II dogfighting action is finally here. Read more

Dogfight 1942

World War II aerial combat games are surprisingly not that few and far between, at least relative to what one would expect from such a niche genre. Read more

The Life of John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams, son of the second president of the United States, John Adams, sat across from his counterpart, British Admiral Lord James Gambier, at Ghent, Belgium, desperately attempting to hammer out a peace treaty that would end the War of 1812. Read more

The Military Fez

Thanks to movies and tV, the fez is usually associated with the Middle East, notably Turkey. It has also become a form of ceremonial headgear for lodges and fraternal organizations in the United States. Read more

How Otto von Bismarck Started The Franco-Prussian War

In May 1867, French ruler Napoleon III hosted a gala Great Universal Exposition that proved to be the high-water mark of his ornate but tissue-thin Second Empire. Read more

Shakespeare was not overly concerned about facts…

One of history’s—or at least literature’s— greatest villains is King Richard III, the second and last English monarch to wear the white rose of York. Read more

Savo Island Fiasco

In the months after the U.S. Navy was taken by surprise at Pearl Harbor, fleet commanders vowed that their sly Imperial Japanese enemy would never again sneak up on them, and at first this promise held true. Read more

What I Did on My Summer Vacation

Remember when you were a kid and the first assignment your teacher invariably gave you on the first day back at school was to write an essay on the topic of “What I Did On My Summer Vacation”? Read more

Debunking Pusan

There is no doubt that the 1st Marine Provisional Brigade performed magnificently during the dark early days of the Korean conflict. Read more

E3 2012 Highlights

Another year, another Electronics Entertainment Expo, aka E3. This year’s event was perhaps the most safely played yet, and while quite a few “future war”-style games were shown, there wasn’t a ton of World War II presence. Read more