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Buddies Graves and Lang do CIA wet work in Conflict: Denied Ops.
By Eric T. BakerThis month the games are mostly in the near present and they are mostly fighting down the barrel of a gun. Read more
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John F. Kennedy and PT-109
By John J. DomagalskiThe celebrated life of President John F. Kennedy has been recounted many times in the decades since he assumed the highest office in the land. Read more
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Costly British Victory at Ferozeshah
By John BrownA little over five centuries ago, a guru named Nanak founded a new faith among the Hindu communities that farmed the rich agricultural areas of northern India known as the Punjab, the Land of the Five Rivers. Read more
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Tank Generals
By Joseph LusterMany World War II games have you donning your best virtual general garb, but not all of them let you take on the role of actual historical generals. Read more
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General Mikhail Kutuzov and the Battle of the Danube
By Victor KamenirOn April 1, 1811, one-eyed General Mikhail Kutuzov arrived in the Romanian capital of Bucharest to take command of Russia’s Moldavian army. Read more
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Trenches
By Joseph LusterWhile we primarily focus on World War II games here, we’ll occasionally come across a title that makes it worth our while to step a little further back into the past. Read more
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B-17s at Pearl Harbor
By Mark CarlsonLieutenant Commander Shigeru Itaya, sitting in his gray Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero, led two other fighters on another strafing run on the parking ramps and hangars of Hickam Army Air Base on Oahu. Read more
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Tyler Perry, Netflix present the story of the all-Black, all-female 6888th Postal Battalion in World War II.
Actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry knows a great story when he comes across one. And when he read Kevin Hymel’s dramatic narrative of the 6888th Central Postal Battalion in the pages of WWII History magazine, he knew it was something special. Read more
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Avoiding the Nameless Grave—Civil War ID Tags
By Don TroianiThe American Civil War may well have been the first major conflict in which soldiers felt the need to wear some sort of a personal identification badge in the event that they were killed or wounded in battle. Read more
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Company B’s Tunisian Adventure
By Christopher MiskimonFor the United States Army, the long road to Germany began in the mountainous deserts of Tunisia in mid-November 1942. Read more
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WWII Concentration Camps: The Horrific Discovery at Buchenwald
By Flint WhitlockWhen Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, the world changed forever.
Not only was Hitler determined to pay back Germany’s enemies for his country’s defeat during the Great War, but he was also determined to rid Germany and the rest of Europe of persons whom his twisted Aryan ideology believed were “inferior” or “subhuman.” Read more
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Julius Streicher, Der Sturmer, and Fueling the Nazi Propaganda Machine
By Blaine TaylorIt was May 23, 1945, roughly a year before the execution of Julius Streicher, founder and publisher of the vilest anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda of the war. Read more
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The U.S. Army Medical Corps: Caring for the Casualties in World War II
By Glenn BarnettFor centuries wounded soldiers of every nation were responsible for much of their own care. Medical attention was primitive and often not a high priority for military planners beyond the officer corps. Read more
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In the Shadow of Sunrise: The Secret Surrender of Italy
By Dennis WhiteheadOn the morning of Friday, April 13, 1945, three men gathered at a table in L’Espadon of the Ritz Paris over a breakfast of coffee and croissants. Read more
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The OSS and the Fourth Dimension of Warfare
By Bob BerginMajor General John K. Singlaub was a young airborne lieutenant when he took up an offer from the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) to become engaged in “hazardous duty behind enemy lines.” Read more
