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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 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
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Hanna Reitsch, the Reichenberg Project & Germany’s Kamikazes
By David Alan JohnsonBy early 1944, the Luftwaffe was only a shadow of what it had been at the beginning of the war. Read more
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Guadalcanal: Bloody Encounter at Hell’s Point
By Al HemingwayOn the humid morning of August 19, 1942, infantrymen from Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines carefully eyed the landscape for any signs of Japanese soldiers as they slowly made their way through the thick jungle on the island of Guadalcanal, located in the Solomon Islands. Read more
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Commando Paddy Mayne: Ireland’s Wolf of the Desert
By Kelly BellThe night of December 14, 1941, was bitterly cold in the North African desert. Midway between El Agheila and Tripoli, Libya, was the German and Italian air base outside the town of Tamet. Read more
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The Real Story of General George Patton, Jr’s Death & Final Days
By Major General Michael ReynoldsThe commander of the U.S. Third Army, General George Patton, Jr., took no great pleasure in the end of the war in Europe; he already knew that despite his lobbying of many influential figures in Washington, D.C., Read more
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Benedict Arnold’s Invasion of Canada
By Earl EchelberryFresh from his capture of Fort Ticonderoga, Colonel Benedict Arnold in the summer of 1775 lobbied hard to the Continental Congress for authorization to lead an expedition to the lower St. Read more
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The WWII Sniper: Caught in the Crosshairs of Famous Sharpshooters
By Jon LatimerThe art of sniping developed from the sharpshooting practiced during earlier conflicts. During the 19th century, the steadily improving technology of the rifle led to the use of sharpshooters during the American Civil War and the Boer War. Read more
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Charles Russell Lowell Memorials
By Helen HannonThe unique persona of Charles Russell Lowell, a gifted Union cavalry officer from Massachusetts, inspired a series of memorials in his honor, ranging from famous monuments to obscure frontier forts. Read more
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For God and Country: The Story of John Birch
By Sam McGowanIn the 1960s the John Birch Society was well known to most Americans as a right-wing political organization noted for its anti-communism and conspiracy theories. Read more
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The Battle of Buena Vista: Old Rough and Ready in Mexico
By Mike HaskewIt was the spring of 1846, roughly nine months before the Battle of Buena Vista. It had become apparent to everyone at this point that a Mexican-American War was inevitable, and diplomatic efforts between the two countries had failed. Read more
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Warhorses—collateral casualties of WWII
By G. Paul GarsonBy 1939 the German Reich possessed 3,800,000 horses while 885,000 were initially called to the Wehrmacht as saddle, draft, and pack animals. Read more
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
By Eric NiderostOn Friday, July 29, 1588, a group of English gentlemen decided to play a friendly game of bowls after a hearty midday meal. Read more
