Commandos Strike Force, Ubersoldier, and Blazing Angels

Commandos Strike Force from Eidos Interactive for the PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC is a first person action game set behind the lines in Europe in 1942. Read more

The bitter battle for Okinawa was the final land campaign of World War II in the Pacific.

For 82 days in the spring of 1945, a ferocious battle raged on a Pacific island called Okinawa—an island considered crucial for the planned invasion of the Japanese Home Islands. Read more

Coast Guard Cutter Taney

Dear Editor,

I read with much interest the article concerning the US Coast Guard Cutter, Taney and its action during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941 (July 2005 WWII History), but, I have never seen an article written about the attack on Honolulu Harbor at that time. Read more

University of Washington student senate rejects memorial to honor Pappy Boyington.

U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Gregory “Pappy” Boyington shot down 28 Japanese aircraft during World War II. He spent 20 months in an enemy prison camp and received both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross for his service to his country. Read more

Battleground Europe, Rush for Berlin, Strategic Command 2: Blitzkrieg

There are a variety of multi-player games that are refighting World War II twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, but none of them are quite like Battleground Europe: World War II Online from Cornered Rat Software and newly distributed by Matrix games for the PC and the Mac. Read more

Trial of a “Desk Murderer”

As the man in charge of the Third Reich’s logistical apparatus of mass deportation and extermination of two million European Jews at Auschwitz-Birkenau and other death camps, Adolf Eichmann was the acknowledged center of Hitler’s “Final Solution.” Read more

Coolidge Goes Down

Dear Editor:

I am now into my second subscription year and am really enjoying your magazine. I will be extending my subscription for another two years. Read more

A blunder by Hitler and the fortitude of the common soldier resulted in a miracle at Dunkirk.

The evacuation of nearly 350,000 allied officers and soldiers from the embattled beaches at Dunkirk was indeed an event of epic proportions. Read more

Discovery of lost submarine USS Lagarto brings speculation about its fate to a close.

Fifty-two submarines of the United States Navy were lost while on patrol during World War II. The circumstances surrounding the losses of some of these have been well documented. Read more

Did the South lose the Civil War because of Northern superiority or its own mismanagement?

It has long been suggested that due to the union’s industrial might and its larger population, the South lost the American Civil War. Read more

Ten Hammers, Battlefield 2, and Tank Command 2

At first glance, it would be easy to confuse Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers (FSW:TH) by Pandemic Studios and from THQ for the PC, PS2, and Xbox 360 with one of the modern combat shooting games currently on the market, such as something from the Ghost Recon series. Read more

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Four Lost Battles, and Birth of America

The latest game in the Ghost Recon franchise is called Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, and is out on the PC, PS2, Xbox, and Xbox 360. Read more

Cutting through the layers of myth and legend surrounding Custer’s battle at the Little Bighorn.

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, June 25, 1876, resulted in Lt. Read more

World War II Combat, Silent War, and WWII Tank Commander

The Second World War remains a lively setting for first-person video gaming. The default characters in these games are often young OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officers, and World War II Combat: Road to Berlin for the Xbox and PC from Groove Games, is no exception. Read more

Revelations from Japanese records shed new light on the epic Battle of Midway.

Lately, many of the scores of books published on the topic of World War II purport to be the “untold story” of such-and-such battle, campaign, or event; very few of them are actually untold stories, and most are merely the rehashing of the familiar. Read more

Merchant Marines

Dear Editors:

I subscribed to your magazine hoping to see something about merchant marines during WWII. It seems you have forgotten them. Read more

Dangerous Waters, Battlefield 2: Special Forces, and War Plan Orange

One of the coolest things the internet has enabled gamers to do is team up and battle together. Read more

The Hidden History of Valley Forge

The freezing winter of 1777-1778, which General George Washington’s Continental Army spent on the verge of starvation and collapse at Valley Forge, was a turning point of the American Revolution. Read more

Call of Duty 2, Heroes of the Pacific, Battlegroup: 1939-1945

What set the original Call of Duty game apart from other first-person shooting games set during World War II is the feeling it delivered that the player was just a small part of a much larger battle. Read more

Growing Up in the Shadow of the Greatest Generation

For anyone who has ever wondered why the men who came home from the war refused to talk with their families about their experiences, this book may hold the clue. Read more