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Pearl Harbor Countdown
By Al HemingwayNearly seven decades after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Navy and Air Force on the morning of December 7, 1941, controversy still surrounds the history-changing event. Read more
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The Common Soldier in the Post-Civil War Era
As author Lee Chambers’s new book on Fort Abraham Lincoln (reviewed in this issue) illustrates, the reading public, both in the United States and abroad, remains fascinated by life in the West following the Civil War. Read more
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Pearl Harbor Revenge
Dear Editor:
David Alan Johnson’s article, “Pearl Harbor Revenge” (December 2008 issue) was interesting to read, as most books and articles on the Battle of Leyte Gulf focus primarily on Taffy 3’s escort carriers, destroyers, and destroyer escorts trying to hold off Admiral Kurita’s Center Force. Read more
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The remains of three USS Oklahoma sailors have been indentified.
When the United States was plunged into World War II at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the largest loss of life occurred with the catastrophic explosion aboard the battleship USS Arizona. Read more
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Burut adds an online death match mode to Ubersoldier II.
By Eric T. BakerOne of the signs of how many games devoted to the first person portrayal of the in the trenches, down the rifle sight experience of combat in World War II there have been is that Ubisoft is now releasing Brother’s in Arms Hell’s Highway, a big-budget, multiplatform (PC, Xbox 360, PS3) game that recreates the Allies’ defeat by the Germans in Operation Market Garden. Read more
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A Megalomaniac’s Lust for Power
By Mason B. WebbFew men have had an impact on world history equal to that of Adolf Hitler. His megalomania resulted in the deaths of millions and redrew the map of Europe. Read more
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The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army
By Laura ClevelandOne of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century was made in March 1974 by a team of well diggers near modern-day Xi’an, China. Read more
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Russians vs. Crusaders vs. Mongols in 3-D
By Eric T. BakerThe Golden Horde from WordForge for the PC is a real-time strategy game set during the 13th century, right after the death the Genghis Khan. Read more
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Future Civil War generals on both sides received their professional baptism of fire on the killing fields of Mexico.
By Al HemingwayWhen war with Mexico erupted in 1846, the United States was woefully unprepared. The regular army was well below its authorized numbers and could only field slightly more than 5,000 officers and soldiers. Read more
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The Art of History
By Peter SuciuIf a picture truly paints a thousand words, then Gerry Embleton has painted volumes in his career. As a freelance illustrator of military subjects, he specializes in highly detailed, accurate studies of historical costumes, including period uniforms. Read more
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Wounded in ’44
Dear Editor:
In your October/November 2008 issue, Glenn Barnett’s article “Caring for the Casualties” was of particular interest to me. I was wounded on September 10, 1944, flown back to England from the 100th Evacuation Hospital outside of Brest, France, on September 18, arriving at the Army’s 121st General Hospital in the evening. Read more
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“By the Grace of God You Got Through”
By Mason B. WebbThe six-month-long land and naval battles for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands chain have been well covered in books and magazine articles, but the war in the skies above the islands has received less attention. Read more
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Revolution: “Just one more turn!”
By Eric T. BakerSid Meier’s Civilization Revolution, from Firaxis for the Xbox 360, PS3, and DS, is not a traditional war simulation. Read more
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From Bouvines to the Magna Carta, and the Founding Fathers
Every war has unintended consequences— that’s why the wise leader never starts one. When King John returned to England in October 1214 from the European continent after yet another defeat at the hands of his lifelong enemies, the French, he faced perhaps the greatest unintended consequence in world history. Read more
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The Man Who Transformed the Presidency
By Al HemingwayNever let it be said that James Knox Polk was not a determined man. Although he suffered from ill health most of his life, this did not deter Polk from working tirelessly to rise to the top in politics as a Democrat, with fellow-Tennessean Andrew Jackson as his mentor. Read more
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Rolls-Royce Merlins
Dear Editor:
In “Secret Agent Man,” Peter Kross describes the outstanding British Mosquito plane as being “made of wood, which gave it tremendous speed and maneuverability.” Read more
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The Red Arrows in Green Hell
By Mason B. WebbDuring the whole of the Pacific campaign, no single mission was more difficult or challenging than the mission assigned to a unit of American GIs in New Guinea. Read more
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The 761st Tank Battalion
Dear Editor:
I wish to commend you for your recent article in the April/May issue on the 761st Tank Battalion. As the first African American armored unit in the history of the U.S. Read more
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A rare death photo of Ernie Pyle surfaces after years in obscurity.
In February of this year, decades after his death on the Pacific island of Ie Shima in 1945, a photo of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle surfaced. Read more
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Revolution in the South
By Al HemingwayWhen historians discuss the American Revolution, they give scant attention to the hard fighting that occurred in the southern states. Read more
