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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
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The Latest Total War Game Shines
By Joseph LusterAt this point, Sega and developer Creative Assembly’s Total War franchise is about as dependable as can be. Read more
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The Fate of Rodes and His Brigade Leaders After Gettysburg
Major General Robert Rodes, as well as three of his five brigade commanders at the Battle of Gettysburg, did not survive the American Civil War. Read more
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A new work on the Battle of the Little Big Horn assesses the veracity of survivors’ accounts of the battle.
By Christopher MiskimonMajor Marcus Reno’s column fired the opening shots of the Battle of the Little Big Horn on June 25, 1876. Read more
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Choose Between Diplomacy and War in the Year 2027, and Take to the Battlefield in the Latest Crack at the Battle Royale Genre.
By Joseph Luster Europe Empire 2027At this point, the year 2027 still sounds vaguely futuristic, even though it’s right around the corner. Read more
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The U.S. Navy relied heavily on its versatile destroyers in two world wars to fulfill a variety of missions.
By Christopher MiskimonOn November 1, 1943, a gunfight unfolded on the high seas. It began with a more conventional naval battle, a depth-charge attack by an American destroyer on a German U-boat. Read more
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Lost Opportunity Along the North Anna River
The dirt roads leading from Spotsylvania toward the North Anna River 20 miles to the south were choked with blue-uniformed Union troops and gray-clad Confederate troops on May 21, 1864. Read more
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Railway Empire: Germany Paves the Way for Locomotive Domination
By Joseph LusterRailway Empire has made a name for itself as a rail management simulator on PC and consoles, and the game recently laid its tracks even farther with a trip into the heart of Deutschland in the Railway Empire: Germany DLC. Read more
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Air Conflicts Collection Brings Dogfighting to Switch
By Joseph LusterThe Air Conflicts series of dogfighters has been buzzing around since 2006 and has inspired a number of sequels and spinoffs since its initial debut. Read more
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The Invasion of Southern France Took Place 75 Years Ago
While the eyes of the world remained on Normandy during the difficult days that followed the D-Day landings of June 6, 1944, a scant nine weeks later another amphibious invasion of France took place. Read more
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Memoir of a Red Army Tanker
By Christopher MiskimonJust after 6 am on July 5, 1943, Vasiliy Krysov spotted the enemy. Six tanks moved slowly toward him and the SU-122 self-propelled gun he commanded. Read more
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General James Van Fleet overcame a terrible misunderstanding and rose to the highest echelon of command in the U.S. Army.
Colonel James Van Fleet, commander of the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, which splashed ashore at Utah Beach 75 years ago on D-Day, June 6, 1944, was an uncommon soldier. Read more
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More World War II in the News
Hardly a month goes by that there isn’t something related to World War II in the news. Here’s a sampling of some recent news items—all from February 2019:
Identification SoughtOn January 3, 1944, the destroyer USS Turner (DD-648) exploded under still mysterious circumstances near the entrance to New York Harbor. Read more
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The American Heavy Tank
By Christopher MiskimonA black Opel automobile raced through the streets of Cologne, Germany, on March 6, 1945. The driver, 40-year-old Michael Delling, was making a run for it. Read more
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Cauldron of Destruction
By William F. Floyd, Jr.U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, who was attired in civilian clothing in keeping with his role as an observer for U.S. Read more
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Army Nurses Corps: Angels In Olive Drab
By Nathan N. PreferOf the many groups that fought in World War II and have been largely forgotten in the history of that great conflict, none are more neglected than the women who served and died doing their duty alongside the men of the United States Army. Read more
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The USS England and the Invasion of the South Pacific
By William LunderbergFrom his naval base at Tawi Tawi in the southern Philippines, Japanese Admiral Soemu Toyoda anxiously perused intelligence reports that might provide a clue to the objective of the next seaborne South Pacific invasion by American military in the spring of 1944. Read more
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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown [Review]
By Joseph LusterWhen it comes to arcade-style aerial action, there’s always been something special about Bandai Namco’s Ace Combat series. Read more
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Russia’s Time of Troubles
The Varangians founded a number of fortified towns in Slavic Russia in the 9th century that would become seats of Eastern Christian principalities. Read more
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The Story of America’s Lost Battalion in World War I Is a Saga of Citizen Soldiers Who Endured a Hellish Maelstrom of Combat
By Christopher MiskimonLines of drab-uniformed soldiers emerged from their night march and moved down a forested road into open country on September 26, 1918. Read more
