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The Incessant Rains of the Green Inferno
By Al HemingwayAs dawn broke on December 26, 1943, the unmistakable silhouettes of American warships could be easily seen by the Japanese defenders on New Britain Island. Read more
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Lieutenant Creswell Garlington
Dear Editor:
I would like to commend you, your staff, and Mr. Frank Chadwick on the excellent article entitled “King Company at Bloody Lindern” in the June/July edition of WWII History. Read more
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Top German Strategist
By Al HemingwayWhen British military historian and strategist B.H. Liddell Hart interviewed high-ranking German Army officers after the World War II had ended, almost to the man they agreed that one individual stood head and shoulders above everyone else—Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein. Read more
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The Last Stand Myth
By Al HemingwayThe Alamo in San Antonio has long been referred to as the “Cradle of Liberty” for modern-day Texas. Read more
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Military Replicas vs. Originals
By Peter SuciuFor collectors, finding out that an item believed to be authentic is actually a fake can feel like being punched in the stomach. Read more
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Who Killed Ambrose Bierce?
Besides his many proven crimes, Mexican guerrilla leader Pancho Villa was also accused in some circles of being responsible for one of the most celebrated disappearances in American history—the vanishing of controversial author-journalist Ambrose Bierce in December 1913. Read more
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World War II Through The Window Of E3 2010
By Joseph LusterThough recent years have seen a bit of a back-and-forth with the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles—big changes transformed the convention into a smaller, more exclusive event, only to completely rebound—things are more or less back to normal. Read more
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Fooling the Germans
By Al HemingwayAfter the successful invasion of North Africa in November 1942, Allied planners immediately set to work developing a strategy to deliver a new offensive blow against Nazi Germany. Read more
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Remembering Our Veterans—Individually
Dear Editor:
As I sat down to write a newspaper article for Memorial Day, I wasn’t sure where to start. With recent news of our history, and in turn on our veterans, under assault by a casino at Gettysburg and Wal-Mart at The Wilderness, I wasn’t sure how to best honor our veterans for their sacrifices to this country. Read more
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The United Nations has shaped the postwar world.
Sixty-five years ago, in the wake of the most catastrophic war the world had yet seen, the United Nations officially came into being on October 24, 1945. Read more
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The Athens War Museum
By Peter SuciuWhile not a major military power today, from the time of the classical age through the Middle Ages, Greece was the center of several major military dynasties. Read more
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Harry Truman’s Military Carrer
By Al HemingwayWhen people mention President Harry S. Truman, they instantly think of him as the president who made the monumental decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. Read more
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The 1st and 2nd Cavalry Regiments Before the Civil War
It is an irony of war that the model 1857 gun-howitzer that Union artillerists used to help turn the tide at Gettysburg was the brainchild of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, who championed the development of the new field piece while serving as secretary of war under Franklin Pierce. Read more
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Joy Ride on a C-47!
Dear Editor:
I want offer a few words of thanks to Sam McGowan for his story and contribution to WWII History. Read more
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The Triumphs And Trenches Of Medal Of Honor
By Joseph LusterHeavy is the burden on the first horse out of the gate. There’s the pressure of setting the pace; establishing the flow for those approaching from the rear. Read more
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A War Department Staff Officer Remembers
By L. VanLoan NaisawaldIn the fall of 1943, I found myself a “limited service” duty officer assigned to the Operations Division, War Department General Staff in Washington, D.C. Read more
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Hitler’s Second Bismarck
By Blaine TaylorDespite being ridiculed as a vain, pompous, and glory-seeking imbecile in a spate of biographies, diaries, letters, trial transcripts, and memoirs by leaders, field marshals, generals, and diplomats from both the Allies and his own Axis partners during and after the war, Joachim von Ribbentrop nevertheless was one of the premier foreign affairs practitioners of the Nazi epoch. Read more
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Tanks of the Rising Sun
By Arnold BlumbergImperial Japan’s first hesitant steps toward adoption of armored fighting vehicles occurred in 1925 with the creation of two company-strength tank units. Read more
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Under construction with America at war, the Pentagon remains an engineering wonder.
On September 11, 1941, exactly 60 years before a terrorist attack damaged the building and changed forever the American way of life, ground was broken for the Pentagon, a five-sided office building which today houses the U.S. Read more
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Jungle Warriors Against All Odds
By Glenn BarnettThe first Allied victory of World War I occurred when Australian volunteers occupied the German colony of northeastern New Guinea and the adjoining Admiralty Islands. Read more
