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Sniper Elite 5
By Joseph LusterFor fans of brutal sniping action, there aren’t many substitutes that can match what the Sniper Elite series brings to the table. Read more
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Sprechen sie Deutsch?
By Christopher MiskimonGottfried Kurt “Joe” Guennel’s family escaped Germany just after Hitler and his Nazi Party came into power in 1934. Read more
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This War of Mine: Final Cut
By Joseph LusterPolish developer 11 Bit Studios first released This War of Mine back in 2014, and the mark it left remains. Read more
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Ambushed in Suoi Cat
By Christopher MiskimonThe troopers of the 1st Squadron 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, in an armored column in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, on December 2, 1966, waited at their base camp for an order to move out on an escort mission. Read more
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Monty’s Folly
American Generals privately gloated over the failure of British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery’s Operation Market Garden in September 1944. The British had conceived the idea, although Allied units from many nations participated in the operation. Read more
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Albert Kesselring: Hitler’s Go-To Guy
By R. Jeff ChrismanHe was seemingly everywhere—Poland, France, Holland, Italy, and the western front during the last days of the Third Reich. Read more
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Two Roads to China
By Christopher MiskimonMay 1942 was a dark time for Colonel Nicoll F. “Nick” Galbraith and his fellow American soldiers in the Philippine Islands. Read more
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Chase’s Flying Columns
By Ed MillerSanto Tòmas University, Manila, Philippines, about 9:00 p.m., February 3, 1945: Louis G. Hubele, a 45-year-old civilian internee of the Japanese, heard more than the usual amount of vehicle traffic on España Street. Read more
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For Love and Country
By Walt Larimore and Mike YorkeyDuring World War II, the U.S. Army determined that the typical frontline infantryman couldn’t take much more than 200 to 240 days of combat before mentally falling apart. Read more
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2nd Lt. Reba Z. Whittle, flight nurse—and the only female P.O.W. in the ETO
By Stephen D. LutzOn September 27, 1944, a C-47 Skytrain named “Mary,” tail number 43-48395, prepared to depart Royal Air Force Base Wharton in Lancashire, England, filled with assorted medical supplies destined for a U.S. Read more
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Ukraine 2022: Echoes of 1939
Unlike the weekly current-events magazines, WWII Quarterly is edited, assembled, and sent off to the printer well in advance of the day you receive it in the mail or pick it up at the newsstand. Read more
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From the Alamo to the Riviera
By Bruce L. BragerOperation Anvil, the invasion of southern France, was originally planned for June 1944, the same time as the Normandy invasion. Read more
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Stumbling Over History
Has this ever happened to you? You’re on vacation or taking a trip and unexpectedly you stumble across a piece of history you didn’t even know existed. Read more
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Tigers in the Sky
By Christopher MiskimonAmerica had been at war for less than two weeks when Claire Chennault watched his American Volunteer Group (AVG) take off for its first combat mission. Read more
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Death of the Graf Spee
By Michael D. HullWhen German dictator Adolf Hitler loosed his troops into Poland on Friday, September 1, 1939, he hoped that a lightning conquest would result in a negotiated peace with Great Britain and France. Read more
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The GI Forum
By Mike ShepherdHector Garcia was born in Llera, Tamaulipas, Mexico, on January 17, 1914, to schoolteacher parents, Jose Garcia Garcia and Faustina Perez Garcia. Read more
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Little Friends
By Sam McGowanUndoubtedly, the World War II aircraft type that attracts the most attention is the fighter plane. Yet, before the war, the U.S. Read more
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German light and heavy armored cars enabled scouts to gather vital intelligence for panzer units.
By William E. WelshFollowing World War I, Visionaries within the German Reichswehr formulated and refined concepts for mobile warfare built around tanks. Read more
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The USS Potomac served as FDR’s floating White House during World War II.
By Eric NiderostWashington, D.C., is not known for its mild climate, but the summer of 1941 seemed particularly enervating. The city was enveloped in a fierce humid heat that tended to suck the air out of one’s lungs even as it drenched one’s body in perspiration. Read more
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Building Burma’s Notorious “Death Railway”
By Mark Simner“Your heart stops. You feel dizzy and sick. You think you’re going to piss yourself and then you feel the pain. Read more
