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The Largest Kamikaze: The Battleship Yamato At Okinawa
By Nathan N. PreferIt was the largest warship ever built up to that time. It carried larger guns than any warship before it. Read more
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Museums: The UDVAR-HAZY Center
Anyone traveling to Washington, DC, should take the time to head west to Chantilly, Virginia (near Dulles International Airport), and visit the Steven F. Read more
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“It’s All Over, Over Here”
By Flint WhitlockOn Tuesday, May 8, 1945, a strange sound was heard across all of Europe—the sound of silence. It was as if someone had suddenly flipped the war switch to “Off.” Read more
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Uncle Sam’s Aircraft Manufacturing Muscle Ensured Victory
By Mason B. Webb
For the major combatants, World War II marked an unprecedented effort to manufacture a wide variety of military hardware: ships, vehicles, aircraft, guns, and much more—all within a short amount of time. Read more
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Company of Heroes 3 Preview
by Joseph LusterOne of the most anticipated World War II titles of 2022 is Company of Heroes 3, which is currently on the way from SEGA and developer Relic. Read more
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Men of War II Preview
by Joseph LusterWorld War II real-time strategy series Men of War first kicked off in 2007, courtesy of the folks at Best Way Studio, which is known for releases like Soldiers: Heroes of World War II, as well as the expansions that followed the original Men of War. Read more
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The F-4U Corsair
By William F. Floyd Jr.On December 4, 1950, Jesse Brown, U.S. Navy Ensign and the Navy’s first African American aviator, was flying 1,000 feet above the icy Korean mountains in his Corsair when its engine cut out. Read more
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This Month Marks the Anniversary of ‘If Day.’
The Defending soldiers surrendered at 9:30 am and marched with their hands up to a central point in the city. Nazi soldiers frisked them and made certain that they were unarmed. Read more
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A Flawed and Brilliant WWII Combat Leader
By Christopher MiskimonGeneral George S. Patton, Jr., entered his first World War II battlefield on the morning of November 8, 1942. Read more
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The Raven Forward Air Controllers
By William E. WelshRaven forward air controller Charles Edwin Engle usually took his Cessna 0-1 “Bird Dog” up to an altitude of 12,000 feet over northern Laos to await the arrival of a flight of inbound A-1E Skyraiders from Thailand. Read more
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The Deadly Balloon Bombs of Imperial Japan
By 1944, the Japanese still had no long-range bombers to match the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. And a great many of Dai Nippon’s warplanes and aircraft carriers were lying at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Read more
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The Wayward Helmet Liner
By Berry CraigFirst Lieutenant William Parks of the 101st Airborne Division left a snow-camouflaged helmet liner behind when the storied Screaming Eagles moved out following the American victory in the Battle of the Bulge in January 1945. Read more
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Pegasus Bridge: D-Day’s Textbook Mission
By Flint WhitlockLate on the night of June 5, 1944, while American paratroopers were on their way to drop behind Utah Beach, another, smaller air armada carrying 170 British airborne troops was also dashing headlong into battle like an aerial cavalry charge towards the far eastern flank of the Normandy invasion site. Read more
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After Kursk, Soviets Favored Broad-Front Offensives to Retake Territory
“The big defeat at the Kursk bulge was the beginning of a fatal crisis for the German army,” said Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevsky, the Soviet Chief of the General Staff. Read more
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Clash of Empires
By David A. NorrisThe Battle of Trafalgar, fought off the southwest coast of Spain on October 21, 1805, was a disaster for French Emperor Napoleon I. Read more
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Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne fought a grueling battle against the North Vietnamese for four weeks in 1969 at Tam Ky.
By Christopher MiskimonOn May 21, 1969, while much of the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry, is engaging the enemy, Lieutenant Ed Sherwood’s Third Platoon, Delta Company, is guarding rucksacks. Read more
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Iceberg in the Pacific
By Michael E. HaskewThe curious coincidence was obvious to everyone. April 1, 1945, was both Easter Sunday and April Fool’s Day. Read more
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Weapons: The A-10 Warthog Attack Aircraft
By Christopher Miskimon
Smoke and haze clouded the skies over Kuwait on February 25, 1991. It was the second day of Operation Desert Storm, the ground operation to eject the Iraqi military from its smaller neighbor. Read more
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Two World War II Outings Prepare To Take The Fight To Additional Platforms
By Joseph LusterBack in July, publisher Team 17 and developer Black Matter Party unleashed Hell Let Loose, a 50-on-50 World War II strategic squad-based first-person shooter, on PC. Read more
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Military Games of Fall 2021
By Joseph LusterThe future of Battlefield is upon us with Battlefield 2042, but the main game itself isn’t the most interesting part of the package. Read more
