Alone at Sea

The American military presence in China, which stretched back to the 1850s, came to an abrupt end in November 1941. Read more

Konstantin Rokossovsky: Marshal of Two Historic Enemies

The year was 1944, and the embattled Soviet Union’s top-level field commanders were meeting in conclave to discuss Operation Bagration, an upcoming offensive against the retreating German Army. Read more

Broken Arrow Preview

In the world of strategy games, there are those geared more toward casual play and those for long-time tactical players with a keen eye for complexity. Read more

Expeditions: Rome

It’s time to explore a very different era of history, because THQ Nordic and developer Logic Artists recently unleashed another in-depth historical strategy outing in the form of Expeditions: Rome. Read more

Tanks continued to play a central role in regional conflicts that sprang up around the globe in the post-Vietnam era.

The Six-Day War began on June 5, 1967, with a lightning assault by Israeli armored units and aircraft. Read more

The End of Nazi Germany

“Who are these men? What do they want?” snapped the imperious Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery to the four German officers drawn up in front of his caravan, saluting him under a Union Jack. Read more

Allied Royals & The War Effort

Most people are aware of the contributions of King George VI and his consort Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) to the British war effort. Read more

A Confederate Private’s Eyewitness Account of the Battle of Cedar Mountain

It is a given that troops who are successful in battle are those that have confidence in themselves and in their commanders, and this was the case with the Confederate soldiers serving under Maj. Read more

Mulberry Harbors: The Allied Secret Weapon at Normandy

One of the major aims of the great Allied invasion of German-Occupied France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, was the securing of the port of Cherbourg on the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. Read more

Hijacking Hungary: The 1944 Nazi Coup in Budapest

“If you want to join the banquet, you’ll have to help first in the kitchen,” Hitler cynically told the leader of Hungary after signing an alliance with him. Read more

The Largest Kamikaze: The Battleship Yamato At Okinawa

It was the largest warship ever built up to that time. It carried larger guns than any warship before it. Read more

Museums: The UDVAR-HAZY Center

Anyone traveling to Washington, DC, should take the time to head west to Chantilly, Virginia (near Dulles International Airport), and visit the Steven F. Read more

“It’s All Over, Over Here”

On Tuesday, May 8, 1945, a strange sound was heard across all of Europe—the sound of silence. It was as if someone had suddenly flipped the war switch to “Off.” Read more

Uncle Sam’s Aircraft Manufacturing Muscle Ensured Victory

By Mason B. Webb

For the major combatants, World War II marked an unprecedented effort to manufacture a wide variety of military hardware: ships, vehicles, aircraft, guns, and much more—all within a short amount of time. Read more

Company of Heroes 3 Preview

One of the most anticipated World War II titles of 2022 is Company of Heroes 3, which is currently on the way from SEGA and developer Relic. Read more

Men of War II Preview

World War II real-time strategy series Men of War first kicked off in 2007, courtesy of the folks at Best Way Studio, which is known for releases like Soldiers: Heroes of World War II, as well as the expansions that followed the original Men of War. Read more

The F-4U Corsair

On December 4, 1950, Jesse Brown, U.S. Navy Ensign and the Navy’s first African American aviator, was flying 1,000 feet above the icy Korean mountains in his Corsair when its engine cut out. Read more

This Month Marks the Anniversary of ‘If Day.’

The Defending soldiers surrendered at 9:30 am and marched with their hands up to a central point in the city. Nazi soldiers frisked them and made certain that they were unarmed. Read more

A Flawed and Brilliant WWII Combat Leader

General George S. Patton, Jr., entered his first World War II battlefield on the morning of November 8, 1942. Read more

The Raven Forward Air Controllers

Raven forward air controller Charles Edwin Engle usually took his Cessna 0-1 “Bird Dog” up to an altitude of 12,000 feet over northern Laos to await the arrival of a flight of inbound A-1E Skyraiders from Thailand. Read more