Adolf Hitler’s Last Birthday.
On April 20, 1945, Adolf Hitler observed his 56th, and last, birthday. There was little to celebrate. The so-called “Thousand Year Reich” was in its death throes after only 12. Read more
Italian War Criminal Rodolfo Graziani
By Blaine TaylorThe town of Affile in Italy’s Lazio region erected a mausoleum to Italian Army Marshal Rodolfo Graziani in August 2012. Read more
A Classic Strategy Series Steps Into the Next Gen, and Wars Both Historic and Fantastic Take Center Stage
By Joseph Luster CommandosFollowing up on the PC version of Commandos 2 – HD Remaster—which has Kalypso Media digging into the past to spruce up a classic of the strategy gaming genre—the publisher recently formed a new studio to look ahead to the future. Read more
Matthias Corvinus
By William E. WelshEncased in mail and armor, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Hungary’s Black Army stood rigidly at attention on a warm summer day in late August 1487 at Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria. Read more
Doughboys’ Bloody Baptism at the Battle of Cantigny
By William StroockAs the fateful day drew to a close, the exhausted soldiers of the German 25th and 82nd Reserve Divisions huddled in their trenches. Read more
Sharp Clash at North Anna
By David A. NorrisDripping wet Union soldiers stepped out of the North Anna River’s Jericho Ford on May 22, 1864, setting foot in Hanover County, Virginia. Read more
U.S. Paratrooper Left for Dead at Nijmegen
By Christopher MiskimonAs Gene Metcalfe floated down toward the earth in his parachute, the first thing he saw below him was a German soldier walking down a path with girl on his arm. Read more
The Stealth Thrills of Sniper Elite V2 Return in Remastered Form
By Joseph LusterEven with all the improvements made in a series over the years, sometimes it’s a breath of fresh air to go back to the earlier roots. Read more
Brusilov’s WWI Breakthrough on the Eastern Front
By Eric NiderostThe high command of the Imperial Russian Army, known as Stavka, met on April 14, 1916, at Mogilev in Belarus to discuss possible offensive action against the Germans and their Austro-Hungarian allies on the Eastern Front. Read more
Great Raid on Cabanatuan
By Charles W. SasserOn January 30, 1945, a group of U.S. Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts, and Filipino guerrillas set out on a daring nighttime raid on Cabanatuan POW camp in the Philippines. Read more
The Battle of Hürtgen Forest: A Tactical Nightmare for Allied Forces
By Michael D. HullGray skies hung low and a steady drizzle dripped through the tall, dense fir trees near the German-Belgian border on the morning of Thursday, November 16, 1944, during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest. Read more
D-Day Landing at Omaha Beach
By Joshua ShepherdAs their landing craft plunged through heavy surf on the morning of June 6, 1944, it was obvious to the men of Company A, 116th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Read more
Why Francis Marion Became the Father of Guerrilla Warfare
By Christopher MiskimonFrancis Marion did not cut an impressive figure when he joined the Patriot army of Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates in July 1780. Read more
Was Justice Served After the Malmedy Massacre?
By Michael E. HaskewIt was a dismal day, Sunday, December 17, 1944, just hours after the Germans had broken through the thinly held American lines in the Ardennes Forest along rugged terrain of the Western Front. Read more
Long Odds At the Battle of Jonesborough
By Robert L. DurhamAt the Battle of Jonsborough, Union General William T. Sherman hoped to destroy the Army of Tennessee and seize Atlanta, Georgia. Read more
Heroic Warsaw Airlift
By Patrick J. ChaissonWarsaw was burning. Captain Jack Van Eyssen first saw it as a dull glow on the night horizon, 35 miles distant. Read more
Junkers Ju-87 Stuka: What Made the Luftwaffe Vulture so Fearsome
By Michael D. HullOne of the deadliest and most effective airplanes of the Axis powers, the Junkers Ju-87 Stuka, owed its origin to a fearless World War I ace and, ironically, to innovative American aviation visionaries in the peaceful early 1930s. Read more
The Battle of Varna: “Let Us Fight with Bravery”
By Alexander ZakrzewskiDuring the mid-14th century, a new theater of the crusades erupted, this time on the doorstep of Christian Europe. Read more
Review: F-86 vs. MiG-15
By Christopher MiskimonThe F-86 Sabre was the iconic American fighter of the Korean War era. The struggle was the first war that pitted jet fighter aircraft against each other. Read more
Battle of Berlin Prelude: Küstrin, and Death on the Oder
By Pat McTaggart“We felt that we were already dead men,” wrote former Captain Albrecht Wüstenhagen in a May 1988 letter to the author of his time in the fortress garrison of Küstrin. Read more
