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Broken Arrow Preview
By Joseph LusterIn 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
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Expeditions: Rome
By Joseph LusterIt’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
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Tanks continued to play a central role in regional conflicts that sprang up around the globe in the post-Vietnam era.
By Christopher MiskimonThe Six-Day War began on June 5, 1967, with a lightning assault by Israeli armored units and aircraft. Read more
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The End of Nazi Germany
By David H. Lippman“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
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Allied Royals & The War Effort
By Eric NiderostMost 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
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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
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Hijacking Hungary: The 1944 Nazi Coup in Budapest
By Mark Simmons“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
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The Largest Kamikaze: The Battleship Yamato At Okinawa
By Nathan N. PreferIt was the largest warship ever built up to that time. It carried larger guns than any warship before it. Read more
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“It’s All Over, Over Here”
By Flint WhitlockOn 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
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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
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Company of Heroes 3 Preview
by Joseph LusterOne 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
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Men of War II Preview
by Joseph LusterWorld 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
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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
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A Flawed and Brilliant WWII Combat Leader
By Christopher MiskimonGeneral George S. Patton, Jr., entered his first World War II battlefield on the morning of November 8, 1942. Read more
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The Raven Forward Air Controllers
By William E. WelshRaven 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
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Pegasus Bridge: D-Day’s Textbook Mission
By Flint WhitlockLate on the night of June 5, 1944, while American paratroopers were on their way to drop behind Utah Beach, another, smaller air armada carrying 170 British airborne troops was also dashing headlong into battle like an aerial cavalry charge towards the far eastern flank of the Normandy invasion site. Read more
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After Kursk, Soviets Favored Broad-Front Offensives to Retake Territory
“The big defeat at the Kursk bulge was the beginning of a fatal crisis for the German army,” said Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevsky, the Soviet Chief of the General Staff. Read more
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Clash of Empires
By David A. NorrisThe Battle of Trafalgar, fought off the southwest coast of Spain on October 21, 1805, was a disaster for French Emperor Napoleon I. Read more
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Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne fought a grueling battle against the North Vietnamese for four weeks in 1969 at Tam Ky.
By Christopher MiskimonOn May 21, 1969, while much of the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry, is engaging the enemy, Lieutenant Ed Sherwood’s Third Platoon, Delta Company, is guarding rucksacks. Read more
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Iceberg in the Pacific
By Michael E. HaskewThe curious coincidence was obvious to everyone. April 1, 1945, was both Easter Sunday and April Fool’s Day. Read more
