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A Masterful German Defense at the Battle of Seelow Heights
By William E. WelshThe officers huddled in a candlelit cellar in an abandoned farmhouse midway between the Oder River and Berlin. Read more
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VP-16 and Operation Forager
By Bruce PettyA great deal has been written about the Battle for Saipan, including the Battle of the Philippine Sea, remembered today as having included “The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot.” Read more
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A Submariner’s Letter From World War II
By Robert Schultz with James ShellBy Christmas 1941, Robert Hunt, torpedoman on the submarine USS Tambor, had witnessed the Japanese bombing of Wake Island, had slept in the Tambor’s forward torpedo room on the way back to Pearl with a bomb-induced leak bubbling in the corner, and had stood on his sub’s bow and seen the devastation of Battleship Row as debris in the oil-slicked harbor bumped against the hull. Read more
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A Newspaper Headline Nearly Exposed the U.S. Navy’s Codebreaking Success Against Japan
By Colonel James W. Hammond, Jr.Stanley Johnston, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune accredited to the Navy as a correspondent, had made two forays into the South Pacific aboard the aircraft carrier Lexington. Read more
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Age of Empires Joins in on the Remastering
By Joseph Luster4K was a big talking point during this past summer’s E3 2017 event, and that didn’t just extend to brand new games. Read more
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The Pointe du Hoc Rangers: a Madman’s D-Day Mission
By Daniel R. ChampagneOn the morning of June 6, 1944, the 2nd Ranger Battalion, commanded by Lt. Col. James Earl Rudder, began its ascent of a sheer 100-foot precipice called Pointe du Hoc. Read more
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Torpedo Squadron 8: Their Heroic Flight at the Battle of Midway
By John DomagalskiThe pilots of Bombing Squadron 6 could not believe what they were seeing on the morning of June 4, 1942. Read more
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Colonel Creighton Abrams at the Battle of the Bulge
By Michael D. HullOn the chilly afternoon of Tuesday, December 26, 1944, a column of mud-caked Sherman tanks, halftracks, scout cars, and tank destroyers of the U.S. Read more
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What Made the Dreaded Type 89 Knee Mortar So Damaging
By Robert CashnerWhen it came to weapons production, the Imperial Japanese Army’s requirements often came in second to the needs of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Read more
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Max Schmeling: Sports Icon… Nazi Puppet?
by Michael HaskewWhen athletes become pawns of politicians, their skills being touted as proof of their country’s ideological superiority over others, seldom are events played out as the demagogues would have scripted. Read more
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Fighting Coast Guard at Iwo Jima
By Rod CarlsonStanding on an ugly carbuncle of volcanic rock 500 feet above the Pacific Ocean, the Associated Press photographer swung a cumbersome news camera toward six men holding a pipe with a flag tied to it and pressed the shutter release. Read more
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Richard Bong (1920-1945)
By Sam McGowanWithout dispute, the P-38 was the airplane of the aces. While other fighter types had their share of aces, the P-38 was flown by most of the top scorers, of whom Major Richard Ira Bong was at the top of the heap. Read more
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The M2 4.2-Inch Chemical Mortar
By Christopher MiskimonIn the last days of March 1945, a soldier named Carl Getzel sat on a hill outside the city of Aschaffenburg and watched as it was slowly destroyed. Read more
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New Year’s Day Defense in Alsace
By Allyn VannoyLike something out of a dream, a soldier walked into the command post. He unspooled a line of wire, hooked a field phone to it, checked the line, and handed the receiver to the officer in charge, Captain Howard Trammell, saying, “Someone wants to talk to you.” Read more
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War of the Roses: The Battle of Bosworth Field
by William E. WelshBy the start of the War of the Roses, the nature of armed conflict had changed noticeably since the Hundred Years’ War, which ended with the expulsion of England from France in 1453. Read more
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How the Men of the USS West Virginia Died During Pearl Harbor
By Don HainesWhen Nathan and Jane Olds of Stanton, ND; Ralph and Vera Endicott of Aberdeen, Wash.; and Effie Costin of Henryville, Ind., Read more
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General Lesley McNair: His Tragic Death During Operation Cobra
By Brian Todd CareyAs Allied bombs rained down from B-17s and B-24s on their own men to open Operation Cobra, a three-star general was visiting the front lines: Commander of Army Ground Forces Lt. Read more
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Leading the Way: William Orlando Darby’s Rangers in World War II
By Michael D. HullOn a June morning in 1942, a battalion of American soldiers stepped down from a train at Fort William in the northern highlands of Scotland. Read more
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Steel Division Gets Tactical
By Joseph LusterWar-based strategy titles are prevalent, but there are a few different types out there depending on your personal preferences. Read more
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Engineering Excellence, Political Dysfunction: Mercedes-Benz in WWII
by Albert MrozFew would argue that Daimler-Benz is one of the most prominent and highly regarded motor vehicle manufacturers in automotive history. Read more
