The flight deck of HMS Illustrious had become a very busy place. Aircraft were being raised to the flight deck, aircraft handlers were attending to their tasks, and on the command deck there was an air of anxiety. Read more
No American president has had to shoulder heavier burdens than Franklin D. Roosevelt did in the tense months after Japanese carrier planes crippled the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Read more
Dear Editor:
Congratulations on your premier issue of WWII History. I found the content to be interesting, the text informative, and the photographs and paintings to be of fine quality. Read more
In the title role of the film classic Patton, actor George C. Scott utters words to the effect that fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man. Read more
Commandos 2: Men of Courage, by Pyro Studios and Eidos Interactive, is a tactical game of action and strategy set during World War II. Read more
Acclaimed historian Martin Blumenson’s new book is Heroes Never Die: Warriors and Warfare in World War II, 50 articles and essays on WW II spanning the likes of Anzio, successful but often overlooked corps commanders,George Patton, generalship, and notably, the first Ranger commander, Colonel William O. Read more
Dear Editor:
Although I did enjoy R. Manning Ancell’s article on the Roman Emperor Trajan (December 2001) I do find fault with his research concerning the tactical formation of the Roman Legions at the time of Trajan’s conquests of Dacia and Parthis. Read more
Our “war” against Islamic terrorists quickly brings to mind this country’s “war” against Islamic pirates of the Barbary Coast 200 years ago. Read more
Everyone who was alive on that fateful Sunday morning remembers it all too clearly, and those born later are well aware of what befell the U.S. Read more
1939-1945. The world had never seen anything like it. Fifty million dead. Every continent except Antarctica inflamed in some way. Europe, the most powerful continent, overrun with fighting, whole cities, some a thousand years in the making, reduced to rubble. Read more
Dear Editor:
I appreciated Bud Hyland’s August 2001 sketch of the scouting forces established by the several services, and can agree in general with his statements about their essential contributions. Read more
An unimaginable plight and an insufferable experience is a fitting way to describe the Bataan Death March in the spring of 1942. Read more
Sabotage! Espionage! Mutiny!” Kurt Jahnke, German Chief of Naval Intelligence for North America, read the dispatch from Berlin in his Mexico City headquarters directing him to launch secret missions into Arizona. Read more
World War II Online™ is both the best and worst simulation of WWII combat ever created for the PC. Read more
The Free Press continues to provide top-quality and original military history with Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I (by John S.D. Read more
Patrick K. O’Donnell, founder of The Drop Zone, an award-winning Web site that is a virtual community for veterans of World War II, makes his mark as an author in a dramatic and poignant oral history. Read more
Dear Editor:
I have read some articles in your magazine recently. And especially I was deeply impressed with Eric Niderost’s article on the Imjin War and Admiral Yi Sun Shin (“Turtleboat Destiny,”June 2001). Read more
Augustus found Rome brick and left it marble” is an expression pegged to the first of the Roman emperors. And indeed Rome flourished around the time of Christ, erecting magnificent arches and columns, palaces and public buildings, temples and baths, coliseums and aqueducts. Read more
B-17: Flying Fortress—The Mighty Eighth from Hasbro Interactive lets players recreate the exploits of the U.S. 8th Air Force during World War II. Read more
Dear Editor,
It is unfortunate James K. Swisher relied so heavily on unreliable secondary material on Patrick Ferguson. As a Scottish historian and author of a forthcoming book on Patrick Ferguson, I have worked on 21 years’ worth of his personal letters and wish to make some corrections. Read more
