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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, June 25, 1876, resulted in Lt. Read more
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
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
Dear Editors:
I subscribed to your magazine hoping to see something about merchant marines during WWII. It seems you have forgotten them. Read more
One of the coolest things the internet has enabled gamers to do is team up and battle together. Read more
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
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
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
It was 7:25 am when Flight Captain William Motes brought his plane down for landing. The arrival of the American Airlines Convair on October 30, 1955, marked the beginning of the first day of regularly scheduled passenger service at Chicago’s new O’Hare International Airport. Read more
Dear Editors:
Thank you for your article by Richard Rule concerning the Katyn Forest massacre, its subsequent cover-up by the Soviets, and worse, the lack of further action by the Western Allies. Read more
The fighting on Okinawa proved to be some of the most savage of the Pacific War. As American soldiers and Marines blasted the island’s Japanese defenders from reinforced bunkers, caves, and even tombs, incidences of incredible bravery and self sacrifice were commonplace. Read more
The third banzai charge that night struck the inexperienced, worn out infantry with the force of a blowtorch. Read more
