Thomas D. Howie: The Major of St. Lô
By Stan FedermanIn the late afternoon of July 18, 1944, in what was left of the main square of battle-scarred St. Read more
The Battles of Narvik & The Norwegian Campaign
by Thomas HaymesThe German mountain troops were dug into their shallow, frozen foxholes waiting for the enemy ski troops to appear across the horizon. Read more
Napoleon Bonaparte’s Battle of Marengo
By Eric NiderostOn March 17, 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte closeted himself in his study at the Tuileries Palace in Paris and ordered his private secretary, Louis Fauvelet de Bourrienne, to unroll a large map of Italy and lay it on the floor. Read more
Twelve Military History Book Reviews for Winter 2024
By Christopher Miskimon Full ReviewsUkraine Volume 2: Russian Invasion, February 2022 (Tom Cooper, Adrien Fontanellaz, Edward Crowther & Milos Sipos, Helion Books, South Yorkshire UK, 2023, 76 pp., Read more
Arma Reforger
By Joseph LusterArma Reforger has been cooking in Early Access on PC and Xbox Series since May 17, 2022, and it recently made its full exit. Read more
Call of Duty Modern Warfare III
By Joseph LusterFolks, we’re officially back to the third Call of Duty: Modern Warfare game, and no, this isn’t a review of 2011’s Modern Warfare 3. Read more
Uniformed for R&R
Photo Essay by Kevin M. HymelFor the lucky few that got the opportunity, putting on a bathing suit and hitting the waves or pools was a welcome escape from the war. Read more
WWII Fighter Aces: Ralph K. ‘Kid’ Hofer
by Paul B. CoraHe could be described as reckless, impulsive, undisciplined, lucky, fearless, and also as one of the most successful fighter pilots in the history of the U.S. Read more
Sturgeon Catch 1942: The Siege of Sevastopol
by Ludwig Heinrich DyckBy late October 1941, the armies of the Third Reich had swept deep into western Soviet Russia. Read more
The Invention of Radar vs. The Luftwaffe
By Brooke C. StoddardNear the end of World War II, Hitler boasted he was about to unleash Vergeltungswaffen, or “vengeance weapons.” Read more
Famous Navy Ships: The HMS Electra
By Glenn BarnettWar clouds gathered rapidly once Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Allied demands that Hitler withdraw his armies went unheeded. Read more
No Mercy! Remembering the Alamo
By Eric NiderostOn Friday, March 4, 1836, Generalissimo Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Perez de Labron ordered a staff conference at his headquarters near San Antonio’s Military Plaza. Read more
WWII Nazi Spies: ‘Cicero’
by Kelly BellOn the evening of October 29, 1943, a middle-aged man, innocuous in appearance but for his deep-set, penetrating eyes, appeared at the German embassy in the Turkish capital of Ankara. Read more
Patton’s Persona
By Christopher MiskimonThe meeting room was freezing cold on December 19, 1944, despite the small stove in the corner. It was in northern France during one of Europe’s coldest winters in memory. Read more
The Human Face of D-Day
By Christopher MiskimonOn D-Day, Sergeant O.B. Hill of the 82nd Airborne Division landed by parachute along the flooded banks of the Merderet River. Read more
William R. Hogan’s ‘Task Force Hogan’
By Christopher MiskimonSam Hogan commanded 3rd Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division in June 1944, during the Normandy campaign. Read more
Rory Laverty’s ‘Aluminum Alley’
By Christopher MiskimonThe United States carried out the world’s first long-range airlift for 42 months to keep Nationalist China in the war. Read more
Lt. Col. Major Clark ‘Derrick’s Bridgehead’
By Christopher MiskimonThe 597th Field Artillery Battalion, 92nd Infantry Division, was the first, last, and only direct support field artillery battalion entirely commanded by black officers to see combat in U.S. Read more
Brian Lane Herder’s ‘Early Pacific Raids 1942’
By Christopher MiskimonIn the chaotic period immediately after the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese military launched numerous offensives in support of its goals to expand Japan’s territorial holdings in Asia and the Pacific. Read more
The Betrayal of Viriathus of Spain
By Ludwig Heinrich DyckIn 150 BC a young shepherd wandered down from the hills to surrender with others of his kind to the Romans. Read more
