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G5 Software brings a Russian viewpoint to the Vietnam War.
By Eric T. BakerOne of the odd joys of the 21st century is being able to see ourselves as others see us via the games they make about us. Read more
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The Battle for Khartoum
By Al HemingwayHe was known as Mohammed Ahmed and he was born in 1844 at Dirar, a small island near the Third Cataract of the Nile River, in the Sudanese village of Dongala. Read more
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Go to battle for Sparta, Persia, or Egypt in Ancient Wars: Sparta.
By Eric T. BakerGoing in chronological order this time, things begin with Torsten (The Settlers) Hess’s new game, Ancient Wars: Sparta for the PC from Playlogic and Eidos Interactive. Read more
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Jeb Stuart’s Controversial Ride to Gettysburg
By Al HemingwayHero or scapegoat? Even with the passage of nearly 144 years since the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg was fought in the rolling hills of southern Pennsylvania, controversy still shadows the role—or lack of role—played by one of General Robert E. Read more
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Submarine warfare is an excellent genre for gaming.
By Eric T. BakerIt is funny how genres come and go. A book becomes a best seller and suddenly there are a plethora of submarine games (and movies). Read more
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History is often stranger than fiction
By Mason B. Webb
Just when one thinks that there could not be another “untold” story about World War II, along comes a writer like Dan Kurzman with a new book about a previously untold story: the Nazis’ plan to kidnap Pope Pius XII. Read more
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Americans at the Bulge
Dear Editor:
As the author of Patton’s Vanguard: The United States Army Fourth Armored Division, I read with great interest Major General Michael Reynolds’s article (March 2007 issue) regarding the 1st SS Panzer Division’s attack against the east side of the Bastogne relief corridor. Read more
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The summer of 1942 doomed the expansion of Imperial Japan.
Sixty-five years ago, the fortunes of war in the Pacific changed irreversibly for the Japanese. Since 1931, Japan’s army had asserted control over territory on the continent of Asia, brushing aside Chinese resistance, condemnation and political pressure from other nations, and most recently, the Allied military. Read more
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Refight the major battles of WWII on the Wii.
By Eric T. BakerEarly last year, Nintendo released a new game console with the unlikely name of Wii. Anyone reading this column has probably heard of it. Read more
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New Tarawa book captures horror and heroism of bloody Pacific battle.
By Mason B. WebbOn all sides, shells detonated in bloody geysers, bullets churned the water, which looked as if it were agitated by a storm, and wounded Marines, some hideously disfigured and dying, shouted, even begged, for help.” Read more
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Sherman versus Tiger
Dear Sir,
Isn’t it time you told it like it really was about the breakout from the Normandy beach-head? That the Sherman tanks the Allies had were absolutely no match for the German tanks, and that the Americans had refused to countenance attempts by the British to upgrade the Sherman’s peashooter gun with the Firefly because they couldn’t accept a non-American gun on an American tank? Read more
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On the fourth Allied attempt to capture Monte Cassino, the Polish II Corps succeeded.
In the spring of 1944, the Italian Campaign was one of frustration and stalemate for the Allies. General Mark Clark’s Fifth Army had been stymied at Cassino, and strong German defenses barred the gateway to the valley of the Liri River and Rome, the Eternal City and capital of fascist Italy. Read more
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Medieval III: Total War does “real” better.
By Eric T. BakerIt seem unlikely that there is a fan of tactical ancients or medieval combat who owns a computer who hasn’t yet tried at least one of the games in Sega’s Total War franchise. Read more
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A Time for Heroes
By Resa NelsonFor the past several years, three Hollywood studios waged war over the right to make a new movie about the Battle of Thermopylae (480 bc), in which a few hundred Spartans kept an enormous invading Persian army at bay for three days. Read more
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Life of a Colossus
By Al HemingwayTo say that Caius Julius Caesar was one of the most influential men in world history is still something of an understatement. Read more
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The specter of Nazi war crimes continues to cast a shadow in the 21st century.
A recent news story serves as a reminder that more than 60 years after the end of World War II, the pursuit and punishment of Nazi war criminals remains relentless. Read more
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Realistic versus Cinematic Game Play
By Eric T. BakerNew for the PC is Battlefront Games’ real-time squad-level strategy game, Theatre of War. Four years in the making and vetted by three historians, ToW is one of the most accurate portrayals of squad-level combat ever done in a fully 3-D computer game. Read more
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The Mystery of the Bulge’s Lost Soldiers
By Mason B. WebbHe dug down to a half-rotted overshoe and tugged it free from the black soil at the bottom of the old foxhole. Read more
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Three fine books document the horror and heroism of the fight for Iwo Jima.
By Mason B. WebbIwo Jima was one of the toughest battles of World War II, and three new books provide perhaps the definitive word on that epic, month-long struggle in February and March 1945. Read more
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Hooray for Hollywood!
Dear Editor,
I enjoyed Flint Whitlock’s article on the film stars in WWII, but I think you forgot one. Lew Ayres (All Quiet on the Western Front and others) served as a medic in the Philippines in 1944-1945. Read more
