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“I Order You To Die”
By Victor J. KamenirIn the English-speaking world, most students of military history would be hard-pressed to identify the time, place, or antagonists of the Canakkale Campaign. Read more
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The Volkswagen Beetle
By Albert MrozThe Volkswagen, or “People’s Car,” that so many millions have known for more than half a century had its genesis in Nazi Germany. Read more
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Fighting for the Hook
By Al HemingwayPeering intently through a telescope, General Lemuel C. Shepherd, the commandant of the Marine Corps, scanned the shell-pocked Korean terrain in front of his position. Read more
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The Great German Escape
By Charles WhitingDevizes in southern England had had a quiet war. It had not suffered any bombing as most English cities had. Read more
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Captured Allied Armor: Enemy Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing
By Christopher MiskimonThe German crewmen occupied the various stations in their tank as they approached the American roadblock ahead. It was 2100 hours on Christmas Eve, 1944, just outside the town of Manhay, Luxembourg, which was occupied by elements three different U.S. Read more
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“Hitler’s most brilliant general” in France, Poland, and on the Eastern Front
By Lt. Col. Harold E. Raugh, Jr., Ph.D., U.S. Army (Ret.)World War II German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein was considered by many to have been “Hitler’s most brilliant general” and “the ablest commander in their Army.” Read more
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The 17th Indian Division in Burma: Disaster on the Sittang
By Marc D. BernsteinThe Japanese looked unstoppable. Two divisions of the 15th Army had crossed from Thailand into Burma in mid-January 1942, bent on capturing Rangoon before the British could land reinforcements and block the seizing of the Burma Road. Read more
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Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess: Foe or Ally?
By Sherman GenglerThroughout the reign of the Nazi Party in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s, Adolf Hitler’s inner circle comprised a diverse group of men from many walks of life. Read more
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Border Dispute Sparks the Mexican-American War
By R.L. HealyWhen Texas entered the Union in 1845, after nine uneasy years as an independent republic, the mutual grievances between Mexico and the United States threatened to erupt into open hostilities. Read more
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The USS Utah: The Memorial & The Pearl Harbor Paradox
By Richard KlobucharVery few among the throngs of visitors to Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu are aware of an anomaly, but it definitely exists in the case of the USS Utah. Read more
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Triumph of “The Nelson Touch”
By Jonas L. GoldsteinWhen the Treaty of Amiens was signed on April 1, 1802, bringing peace between France and Great Britain after nearly a decade of war, there was wild rejoicing in England. Read more
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What happened to fighter pilot Grant Stout?
By Robert F. DorrIt was loud. It was violent. Gunfire ripped into 1st Lt. Grant G. Stout’s Republic P-47D Thunderbolt fighter high over Dortmund, Germany, near midday on March 19, 1945, and the aircraft trembled and shook. Read more
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WWII Nonfiring Automatic Weapons
By Peter SuciuWorld War II saw great advancements in firearms technology. Many nations that entered the conflict with bolt-action rifles ended the war with a variety of complex submachine guns and assault rifles. Read more
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The Greek Civil War: World War II’s Epilogue in the Mediterranean
By Jon LatimerAs 1944 drew to a close, the British in Greece found themselves in a parlous situation. They had agreed to support the restoration of Greek civil authority while overseeing the distribution of aid and the re-creation of armed forces to ensure internal security, all while commitments elsewhere were straining them almost to the breaking point. Read more
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The Hessians Are Coming!
By Joseph C. Salamida“He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny,” Thomas Jefferson said of King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Read more
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The British Prosper Spy Network: Destroyed to Protect D-Day?
By Peter KrossOn June 6, 1944, hundreds of thousands of Allied troops, planes, and ships departed from their bases in England bound for the shores of France in what was to be the greatest invasion of all time. Read more
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War Mongrels (Console Port)
By Joseph LusterOriginally released for PC in 2021, World War II real-time strategy game War Mongrels is officially available for more players to dive into on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. Read more
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Classified: France ‘44
Publisher Team17 and developer Absolutely Game are keeping the strategy wheels turning with a new World War II themed entry that’s on the way to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC sometime this year. Read more
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Splashing a Dinah
By Robert F. DorrWhen the Marines put Willis “Bud” Dworzak into the cockpit of a Vought F4U-1C Corsair fighter aircraft, they expected him to provide close air support to fellow leathernecks who were slugging it out on Okinawa. Read more
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Solferino: Birth of a Nation
By Eric NiderostLong columns of blue-clad French troops marched east though the sun-baked plains of northern Italy in late June 1859. Read more
