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HMS Upholder Fought In Mediterranean To Defeat Rommel In North Africa
By Robert Barr SmithShe was a tiny vessel, not really designed for the dangers and hardships of war in far places and deep waters. Read more
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An Occurrence at Wrightsville Bridge
By Don HollwayThe citizens of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, awoke one morning in late June 1863 to find the Civil War literally at their doorsteps. Read more
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Battle of Mortain: The Big Red One’s Square-Off with German Panzers
By Al HemingwayAt the start of the Battle of Mortain, Field Marshal Gunther Von Kluge was in an optimistic mood. Read more
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Operation Silver Fox: An Opportunity Lost at Murmansk
By Pat McTaggartAs Adolf Hitler began to formulate his grandiose plans for the conquest of the Soviet Union, he considered the far northern operation area little more than a sideshow. Read more
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The Falaise Pocket: Sight Of Fanatical German Resistance
by Al HemingwayWhile the 30th Infantry Division was fighting for its life at Mortain, a plan was devised to cut off the retreating German Army in an area known as the Falaise Pocket. Read more
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Game Reviews: Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces
by Joseph LusterSega and Relic Entertainment are getting ready to expand the Company of Heroes series once more with Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces. Read more
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Bringing Them Home: Operation Magic Carpet
by Michael Haskew
When World War II in Europe came to an end, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force, published a victory message to the troops. Read more
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A Dangerous Mission for General Maxwell Taylor of 82nd Airborne
By Eric NiderostAt 8:30 on the evening of September 7, 1943, an Italian military ambulance entered Rome carrying two American prisoners of war. Read more
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Guerrilla War on Luzon During World War II
By Sam McGowanIf there is a group of men whose mention evokes thoughts of heroism, it is those who were surrendered to the Japanese on Bataan and subsequently became part of the “Death March” up that peninsula in the Philippines to POW camps in central Luzon. Read more
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390th Bomb Group’s Risky Run Over Merseburg
By Milton J. Elliott IIIWhen the call came that morning, it was not unlike the 25 times previously when they had flown, or all those other times when weather intervened and postponement was ordered. Read more
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“Bomber” Harris and His Royal Air Force Bomber Command
By Michael D. HullRacing his Bentley at breakneck speed between his High Wycombe headquarters and the Air Ministry during World War II, Air Marshal Arthur Travers Harris was the bane of motorcycle policemen on the London road. Read more
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Clemson-Class Ships: Powerful U.S. Navy Destroyers
by William H. LangenbergThe 50 ships transferred to Great Britain by executive action of President Roosevelt were all Clemson-class destroyers. Read more
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Trade of 50 American Destroyers for British Bases in World War II
By William H. LangenbergIn early September 1940, the world was in turmoil. The battle of Britain was nearing its climax, and elsewhere global tensions ran high. Read more
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The USS Olympia: Largest Steel Warship Afloat
By Peter SuciuThe oldest steel warship afloat has survived wars, economic downturns, and even the harsh passage of time, but there was one battle that the USS Olympia (C-6), flagship of the American Asiatic Fleet during the Spanish-American War of 1898, almost was unable to win. Read more
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The Mysterious Death of Major William Holohan
By Peter KrossIn the latter part of 1944, the OSS, the Office of Strategic Services, mounted a plan called Operation Chrysler in Italy to “act as a liaison with partisan commanders, attempt to guide and control developments in northern Italy, and create a unified partisan command under the direction of the supreme allied commander.” Read more
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The Battle of Saipan
By Al HemingwayPeering through his binoculars, Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo was in awe of the nearly 800 ships from Vice Adm. Read more
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World War II’s Deadly Rapido River Crossing
By Richard A. BerantyThe attempted crossing of the Rapido River in Italy by two infantry regiments of the U.S. 36th Division in January 1944 was one of the costliest failed attacks made by American forces during World War II. Read more
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Operation Tidal Wave Takes Aim at Ploesti
By Sam McGowanIf there was a name of a prospective target that caused Allied airmen in the European Theater of Operations to blanch in the fall of 1943 and the spring of 1944, it was Ploesti. Read more
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U.S. Marine legend Lewis ‘Chesty’ Puller
By Michael D. HullCrouched in their foxholes along Edson’s Ridge on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, the Marines formed a critical but thin defense line between strategic Henderson Field and seasoned Japanese infantry lurking in the jungle. Read more
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Ferdinand Porsche’s ‘Elefant’ Tank Destroyer Could Have Excelled
By Jonathan F. KeilerWorld War II tanks usually had aggressive- or ferocious-sounding names, such as Hellcat, Panther, or Tiger. Yet the tendency was not universal, as with British Cruisers or the American M-3 Honey. Read more
