Winston Groom’s Vicksburg 1863

By mid-1862, despite the humiliating Union defeats in the East, the Civil War in the western theater was gaining momentum. Read more

Men of War is not for the faint of heart.

Men of War from 1C Company for the PC is a real-time strategy game set during World War II. Read more

Stalin’s Contributions to Victory

In the West, the Soviet Union’s contributions to the Allied victory over the Third Reich are generally unknown or underappreciated. Read more

Pétain: Savior of France

Dear Editor:

Regarding your July 2009 issue about Marshal Philippe Pétain: Most of us subconsciously view the French through British eyes, and the results are often unbalanced even when the facts are accurate. Read more

OSS Uncovered

Like any spy network worth its salt, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the U.S. World War II intelligence-gathering agency authorized by President Franklin D. Read more

Empire Is As Close To Perfect As Computer Wargames Get

Creative Assembly, and its publishers at Sega, have become the last, best hope of grognards who want triple A quality wargames on the PC. Read more

Churchill the Warlord

In 1958, Royal Marine General Sir Leslie Hollis visited the old Central War Room in London where he had spent numerous hours during World War II. Read more

William Bligh’s Mutiny on the Bounty

William Bligh, like the title character in Woody Allen’s 1983 movie Zelig, seemed to turn up everywhere history was being made in the latter decades of the 18th century. Read more

WWII Pacific Theater has both mega- and mini-battles.

The third game in the Strategic Command series from Fury Software for the PC is Strategic Command: WWII Pacific Theater. Read more

“How Dare WE!”

Dear Editor:

I was offended and angered as I read the rhetoric of Kevin M. Hymel’s article entitled “They Also Served” in the May 2009 issue. Read more

Ordeal of the USS Bunker Hill

At exactly 9:58 am, on May 11, 1945, a Japanese kamikaze pilot named Kiyoshi Ogawa radioed his base 350 miles away that he had spotted the American fleet lying off the coast of Okinawa. Read more

Two New Games For Civil War Buffs

Mosby’s Confederacy from Tilted Mill Entertainment for the PC and available on both Steam and Gamers Gate is a combined tactical and strategic level game about the mechanics of partisan warfare in the Civil War. Read more

The Disastrous Battle of Carrhae

No man in Rome was richer or more influential than Marcus Licinius Crassus, a member of the powerful First Triumvirate that included Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar. Read more

The Battle of Surigao Strait

Dear Editor:

In the December 2008 issue, Mr. David Johnson does a very good job of retelling the story of the only time American battleships engaged and sank their opposite numbers from Japan. Read more

Axis & Allies celebrates Avalon Hill’s 50th anniversary.

To celebrate its 50th anniversary [we now pause for a second while we all feel old], Avalon Hill has released an anniversary edition of its most successful game: Axis and Allies. Read more

Countdown to Pearl Harbor

“I do believe that the United States fleet would not have been in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, had I been the chief of naval operations at that time.” Read more

Racism and the Myth of Henry O. Flipper

The case of Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper, the first African-American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, is a fascinating if cautionary tale. Read more

Look down the barrel of a sniper’s gun and “hold breath.”

When considering whether to buy Sniper Art of Victory from City Interactive for the PC, it is worth remembering that the game only costs $20.00. Read more

Questions on the Holocaust

One of the most common beliefs that has arisen since the end of World War II is that America and her allies had as one of their primary goals for fighting the war ending the systematic slaughter of Europe’s Jews. Read more

Pearl Harbor Countdown

Nearly seven decades after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Navy and Air Force on the morning of December 7, 1941, controversy still surrounds the history-changing event. Read more