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The 36th Infantry ‘Texas’ Division in WWII
by Richard A. BerantyThe U.S. 36th Infantry Division, known as the “Texas” Division, was inducted into federal service on November 25, 1940, at Camp Bowie, Tex., Read more
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A Sea Drama of Epic Proportions: The Altmark, Graf Spee & Cossack
By Eric NiderostIn the early months of World War II, Altmark, Graf Spee, and HMS Cossack all had important roles in a sea drama of epic proportions. Read more
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MIS-X’s Shadowy Secrets: Aiding Allied POW Escapes
By Chuck LyonsDuring World War II, one American intelligence unit was so secret it was known only by its post office box number, 1142. Read more
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Game Features: Cold War Battles That Might Have Been
by Joseph LusterFirst on our list is Suprreme Ruler: Cold War, which builds on Supreme Ruler 2010 and 2020 with the bubbling tension of the Cold War. Read more
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Operation Removal: Taking the Japanese Holdouts Near Saipan
by Al HemingwayOn September 2, 1945, representatives from the Allied and Japanese governments signed the peace treaty that ended World War II. Read more
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World War II: A Campaign Against Oil? A Look at Ploesti
by Sam McGowanWorld War II was the first fully mechanized war in history, and oil, both crude and synthetic, was a major factor in military planning. Read more
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Medal of Honor Awardee Horace Porter’s Astonishing Career
By Richard H. Owens, Ph.D.Horace Porter was born April 15, 1837 in Huntingdon, Pa. He traced his ancestry and family motto, “Vigilantia et virtute,” to William De La Grange, who accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066. Read more
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Air Conflicts: Secret Wars
by Joseph LusterAir Conflicts: Secret Wars is the perfect example of a game for which the genre has a ton of competition on PC and very little comparable action on consoles. Read more
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Frederick’s Devil’s Brigade & Bringing Back the V-42 Stiletto
By Michael HaskewThe fight at Monte La Difensa on December 3, 1943, was swift but brutal as members of the First Special Service Force, a combined unit of U.S. Read more
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The Monitor & The Merrimack: The Battle of Hampton Roads
By Keith MiltonMost history books teach that the War between the States began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate batteries ringing Charleston harbor fired on Fort Sumter and forced its surrender the following day. Read more
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The Repulse and Prince of Wales Battleships: How They Sunk
By Joseph M. HorodyskiDuring the 1920s and 1930s Great Britain built up its Far East defenses steadily if slowly, centering around Singapore as its primary naval base in the Pacific area. Read more
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Emperor Trajan & The Roman Empire
by Joseph M. HorodyskiThe ancient city of Selinus, a major trading center in Cilicia, sat atop a steep outcropping of rock that rises abruptly from the edge of the Mediterranean on the southern coast of Asia Minor, now modern Turkey. Read more
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Exercise Tiger: Deadly D-Day Rehearsal
by Robert HeegeIt was spring 1944, and the morning sun was glinting off the face of the water as the Landing Ship, Tank (LST) transports chugged their way through the choppy surf and headed in close toward shore, their destination a gravel-strewn stretch of beach on the English Channel code named “U” for Utah. Read more
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The Japanese Empire’s Mitsubishi G4M Betty Bomber
By Joseph M. HorodyskiThe two types of aircraft responsible for sinking the Prince Of Wales and Repulse represented the best of Japanese aviation in 1941. Read more
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Macedonia’s Elite Companion Cavalry under Alexander the Great
by Marc G. De SantisCavalry was the decisive arm of the Macedonian army under Alexander. His tactics for its employment in battle were simple but effective. Read more
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Joachim Peiper’s Escape from the Battle Of the Bulge
By Major General Michael ReynoldsBy December 24, 1944, the commander of the Sixth Panzer Army’s strongest battlegroup, SS Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) Jochen Peiper, was facing the ultimate military nightmare. Read more
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Erwin Rommel Frustrated By French Foreign Legion At Bir Hacheim
by Edward L. BimbergWhen Brig. Gen. Joseph-Pierre Koenig, commander of the 1st Free French Brigade, surveyed the area he had just been ordered to defend, he must have been mightily discouraged. Read more
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Operation Jericho
by Joseph M. HorodyskiOn the bitterly cold, windswept morning of February 18, 1944, the crews of 19 De Havilland Mosquito Mk.VI Read more
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Galeazzo Ciano’s Diary: The Inside Story of Mussolini’s Government
By Blaine TaylorOn July 19, 1940, fresh from his victorious campaigns on the Western Front, German Führer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler delivered his “peace speech” to the Reichstag in Berlin’s Kroll Opera House. Read more
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Convoy PQ 17: A Story of Unprecedented Arctic Disaster
By Keith MiltonFirst Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound stopped tapping his pencil on the oaken desk and slowly leaned backward in the oversized leather chair. Read more
