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Could poison darts have helped the Allies win?
During the darkest days of World War II, the British War Office considered any and every option to combat the burgeoning Nazi menace on the continent of Europe. Read more
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The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
By Peter SuciuDuring World War II, the American aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CVS-11) was known as “the Ghost Ship” to the Japanese Imperial Navy because every time they thought they had sunk her, “the Fighting I” came back for more. Read more
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DICE’s Battlefield 1943
By Joseph LusterBattlefield 1943, for all its back-to-the-shores World War II familiarity, is the type of online-only game that remains relevant well past its July debut. Read more
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Paradox Interactive’s East India Company
By Eric T. BakerNot every war is a hot one. East India Company for the PC from Paradox Interactive is a strategic trading game with tactical combat elements set during the high age of European sail and exploration. Read more
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Israel’s Assault on the USS Liberty
By Al HemingwayOn June 8, 1967, the USS Liberty, a cargo ship built at the end of World War II and converted to an electronic surveillance vessel in 1964, was patrolling 14 miles off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula. Read more
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With Warts and All
By Mason B. WebbFor most people, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill stands today as the towering epitome of the ideal wartime leader: tough-talking, unflappable, judicious. Read more
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Heroic Merchant Mariners finally receive compensation over 60 years after their service to their country.
From the frozen reaches of the Arctic Circle to the swelter of the Pacific, the men of the U.S Merchant Marine delivered 95 percent of the planes, tanks, artillery pieces, and troops who fought the Axis during World War II. Read more
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Indian Captive Mary Rowlandson
With the possible exception of King Philip himself, no individual in King Philip’s War achieved more unwanted notoriety than a 39-year-old mother of three and minister’s wife named Mary Rowlandson. Read more
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Crown of Glory
By Eric T. BakerAlthough it covers the same time period, region of the world, and subject as the first Crown of Glory, Matrix Games’ new Crown of Glory: Emperor’s Edition for the PC is in fact such a complete overhaul of the original that it is basically a new game. Read more
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Winston Groom’s Vicksburg 1863
By Al HemingwayBy mid-1862, despite the humiliating Union defeats in the East, the Civil War in the western theater was gaining momentum. Read more
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Men of War is not for the faint of heart.
By Eric T. BakerMen of War from 1C Company for the PC is a real-time strategy game set during World War II. Read more
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Stalin’s Contributions to Victory
By Mason B. WebbIn the West, the Soviet Union’s contributions to the Allied victory over the Third Reich are generally unknown or underappreciated. Read more
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Pétain: Savior of France
Dear Editor:
Regarding your July 2009 issue about Marshal Philippe Pétain: Most of us subconsciously view the French through British eyes, and the results are often unbalanced even when the facts are accurate. Read more
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OSS Uncovered
Like any spy network worth its salt, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the U.S. World War II intelligence-gathering agency authorized by President Franklin D. Read more
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Empire Is As Close To Perfect As Computer Wargames Get
By Eric T. BakerCreative Assembly, and its publishers at Sega, have become the last, best hope of grognards who want triple A quality wargames on the PC. Read more
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Churchill the Warlord
By Al HemingwayIn 1958, Royal Marine General Sir Leslie Hollis visited the old Central War Room in London where he had spent numerous hours during World War II. Read more
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William Bligh’s Mutiny on the Bounty
By Roy Morris Jr.William Bligh, like the title character in Woody Allen’s 1983 movie Zelig, seemed to turn up everywhere history was being made in the latter decades of the 18th century. Read more
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WWII Pacific Theater has both mega- and mini-battles.
By Eric T. BakerThe third game in the Strategic Command series from Fury Software for the PC is Strategic Command: WWII Pacific Theater. Read more
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“How Dare WE!”
Dear Editor:
I was offended and angered as I read the rhetoric of Kevin M. Hymel’s article entitled “They Also Served” in the May 2009 issue. Read more
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Ordeal of the USS Bunker Hill
By Mason B. WebbAt exactly 9:58 am, on May 11, 1945, a Japanese kamikaze pilot named Kiyoshi Ogawa radioed his base 350 miles away that he had spotted the American fleet lying off the coast of Okinawa. Read more
