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Operation Olive: Autumn Assault in Italy
By Allyn VannoyAllied forces had been fighting their way up the Italian peninsula since landing at Salerno on September 9, 1943. Read more
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Draper Kauffman’s Underwater Demolition Team
By Patrick J. ChaissonLieutenant Commander Draper Kauffman was crawling across a moonlit beach on enemy-held Tinian Island when he first noticed the sound of voices. Read more
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Napoleon’s Egyptian Adventure
By Jeremy E. GreenBy the year 1798, the First Coalition was collapsing. Only Britain remained as France’s implacable foe. With the advent of relative peace, the governing body of France, the Directory, ever in need of cash, now sought new means of employment for the army and its general, Napoleon Bonaparte. Read more
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Cold War Intelligence
By John D. GreshamEveryone who has ever read a spy novel knows the basic plot line. A scientist has developed a formula, or intelligence operative has obtained secret plans or a roll or film. Read more
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The Army ‘Cave Men’ of Iwo Jima
By James BilderAfter 36 days of ferocious combat, the island of Iwo Jima was declared “secure” by departing U.S. Marines on March 26, 1945. Read more
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Seven World War II Book Reviews for Winter 2025
By Christopher Miskimon Full ReviewsThe Strategists: Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini and Hitler–How War Made Them and How They Made War (Phillips Payson O’Brien, Dutton Books, New York NY, 2024, 544 pp., Read more
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Charles the Bold
By Jonathan NorthOn Monday, February 19, 1476 Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (much of what is now eastern France), joined his army beneath the gray ramparts of Grandson. Read more
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The USS Constitution
By John D. GreshamToday restored to museum quality and lovingly cared for by a U.S. Navy crew, the USS Constitution, “Old Ironsides,” is the living symbol of America’s first generation of warships, built in response to external threats that a young United States would have preferred to ignore. Read more
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Hell at 21,000 Feet
By Patrick J. ChaissonFour miles above the snow-covered city of Steyr, Captain Jack Horner peered down through his Norden bombsight in a desperate attempt to identify the target. Read more
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Classified: France ’44 (DLC)
By Joseph LusterIt didn’t take long for Classified: France ‘44 to add to its base game with some expansions, and the second DLC touched down back in May 2024. Read more
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World War Armies
By Joseph LusterIn the realm of competitive World War II games, there are plenty of options out there for folks who want to go head-to-head against like-minded wargamers. Read more
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Big Black River
By Kirk FreemanBig battles make the history books. But for the soldiers, it was often the smaller, fiercer fights they remembered most keenly later in their lives. Read more
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The Iron Cross
By Stephen Thomas PreviteraIn most people’s mind the Iron Cross is inescapably linked to the Third Reich. Indeed, Adolf Hitler was responsible for adding a “marching swastika” front and center, to the decoration’s black core in 1939. Read more
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The Six Triple Eight Big Screen Debut
After years in obscurity, the story of the 6888th Postal Directory Battalion is coming to selected theaters and to Netflix in December with the release of the feature film, The Six Triple Eight. Read more
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Malta: Bastion in the Mediterranean
By Martin J. DoughertyMore or less in the center of the Mediterranean Sea, Malta became one of the most strategic locations in all of World War II. Read more
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Stonewall Jackson’s Hard Defeat At The Second Battle of Manassas
By Todd S. BerkoffAs the bright red sun was slowly setting over their shoulders on the balmy evening of August 28, 1862, Union troops marching east along the Warrenton Turnpike knew nothing of what awaited them. Read more
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Fighting from Tobruk to Milan
By Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Raymond E. BellThe contribution of the Union of South Africa’s armed forces to the winning of World War II is little known outside South Africa itself. Read more
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Linchpin of the Mediterranean
By Mark SimmonsIt was the humid season on Malta that September of 1943. The hot Sirocco winds from North Africa blow from August to October across the cool sea, raising humidity. Read more
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Sennacherib: The Assyrian King’s Failed Second Siege of Jerusalem
By Eric NiderostIn the spring of 701 bc, King Senake-eriba of Assyria, better known to history as Sennacherib, embarked on a vigorous campaign to crush a coalition of vassal states that had been raised against him. Read more
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Types of Weapons Used by Ancient Greece
By Mike MarkowitzWhen we think “catapult,” we imagine the types of weapons used for hurling rocks, dead plague victims, or unlucky cows against a castle. Read more
