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Angry Tanks
By Joseph LusterKatsu Entertainment’s Sausage Bomber has been on the mobile market for a while now, but it recently made its way to PC and Mac. Read more
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In the Desert and Beyond
By Christopher MiskimonIt was nearly dawn on the morning of March 23, 1943, when a motorcycle and sidecar bearing two soldiers of the 10th Panzer Division blundered into the American lines in front of the town of El Guettar in Tunisia. Read more
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The Soviets steal the B-29.
During World War II the only serviceable four-engine heavy bomber the Soviet Air Force fielded was the obsolete Petlyakov Pe-8. However, as the conflict wore on Premier Josef Stalin and other Soviet leaders took note of the Allied bombers that ravaged German and Japanese cities. Read more
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World War 3 Depicts an Uncertain Future
By Joseph LusterFrom the battles of the past to the future that lies ahead, we now turn our attention to an upcoming team-based first-person shooter known simply as World War 3. Read more
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Imperator: Rome Has Us Looking to the Past for Answers
By Joseph LusterParadox Development Studio is no stranger to grand strategy games; Europa Universalis and Crusader Kings are top-notch entries in the genre despite some of their lingering issues. Read more
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The Navy’s multifaceted involvement in the Vietnam War enabled it to deploy, test, and refine new weapons and tactics.
By Christopher MiskimonThe North Vietnamese Army barracks at Sam Son was less than 100 miles south of the capital city of Hanoi. Read more
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Three Key Battles Before the Siege of Orleans
Following English King Henry V’s decisive victory over the French at Agincourt in 1415, the tide of the Hundred Years War in France remained in England’s favor until the Siege of Orleans. Read more
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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima: The Story of the Photo
By Chris McGowan
Atop 550-foot Suribachi Yama, the volcano at the southwest tip of Iwo Jima, Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment, 5th Division, hoist the Stars and Stripes, signaling the capture of this key position. Read more
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What Happened at the Devil’s Den at the Battle of Gettysburg
By Don WilliamsThe struggle for the Devil’s Den at Gettysburg occurred on July 2, 1863, under a hot and cloudless afternoon. Read more
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Rediscoveries of World War II Shipwrecks Bring History to Life for This Generation.
Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, continues to deliver on his most recent investment of time and money. His expeditions aboard the Research Vessel (R/V) Petrel have yielded startling rediscoveries and ghostly images of the U.S. Read more
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Piper Bill on the D-Day Beach
By Michael E. HaskewThe image of the Scottish piper standing erect under fire was commemorated in the film The Longest Day nearly two decades after the D-Day landings of June 6, 1944. Read more
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D-Day’s Concrete Fleet: Making the Mulberry Harbors
By Michael D. HullNo Allied amphibious invasion in World War II left such a bitter legacy as Operation Jubilee, the ill-fated British-Canadian raid on the northern French port of Dieppe on Wednesday, August 19, 1942. Read more
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Operation Dragoon: Second D-Day in Southern France
By David H. LippmanWinston Churchill was against it. So was Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark in Italy. But the American chiefs of staff were for it, and so was General Dwight D. Read more
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How Lt. Richard Winters and Easy Company saved Utah Beach on D-Day
By Kevin M. Hymel“Why the hell am I here?” Lt. Richard Winters asked himself as he pulled out of his parachute harness in the first hours of D-Day. Read more
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A rugged lady finds a home at Wright-Pac.
Anyone with an interest in World War II aviation knows the name Memphis Belle, which, along with the B-29 Enola Gay, is inarguably one of the two most famous planes of that era. Read more
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World War II in the news … again
World War II-related items have continued to appear in the news over the last few months. In case you missed them, here are a few:
UXB Closes London Airport. Read more
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Western Airlift to Poland
By Christopher MiskimonIt was two hours before noon on September 18, 1944, when Polish freedom fighters inside Warsaw received word an airdrop was coming. Read more
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Review – Air Combat Pilot: WW2 Pacific
By Joseph LusterIf you hop on the Google Play or Apple Store and search for any variation of “air combat,” you’re going to end up with a deluge of middling results. Read more
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The USMC in World War I
By Christopher MiskimonThe Germans advanced against the U.S. Marines in Belleau Wood at 2 pm on June 4, 1918. Among the first Marines to see the coming assault were several snipers hidden atop a haystack at the Les Mares Farm. Read more
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Rising Storm 2: Vietnam recognizes its community
By Joseph LusterFor something on the complete opposite end of the spectrum, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam takes the historical environment of the Vietnam War and uses it as the setting for massive 64-player battles. Read more
