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Steven E. Maffeo’s ‘Captain Chaos’
By Christopher MiskimonThe Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval battle of World War II, and by most measures the largest in history. Read more
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The World War II Diary of Lieutenant General James. M. Gavin
By Christopher MiskimonJames Gavin began his wartime service as the commander of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment during the Sicily operation, before assuming command of the entire 82nd Airborne Division for the remainder of the war. Read more
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Prit Buttar’s ‘Meat Grinder’
By Christopher MiskimonFew in the West know about the Rzhev Salient. The fighting around Moscow and Stalingrad come quickly to mind, but this little-known salient near the town of Rzhev, roughly 100 miles west of Moscow, was so terrible it was nicknamed the “Meat Grinder.” Read more
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Lt. Col. Wayne K. Blickenstaff’s ‘Ace in a Day’
By Christopher MiskimonLieutenant Wayne Blickenstaff saw a group of German Messerschmitt Me-109 fighters disperse after making a run at some American bombers. Read more
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Mark Stille’s ‘Leyte Gulf 1944 (2): Surigao Strait and Cape Engano’
By Christopher MiskimonThe Battle of Leyte Gulf, while the largest naval battle in history, was composed of four major actions occurring over two days. Read more
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Ian Baxter’s ‘The Soviet Baltic Offensive, 1944-45’
By Christopher MiskimonThe overwhelming Soviet offensives in the summer of 1944 threw the German army back. Much of the German Army Group North drew back into the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Read more
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Ian Buruma’s ‘The Collaborators’
By Christopher MiskimonFelix Kersten acted as Heinrich Himmler’s personal masseur and did the job so well Himmler nicknamed the outgoing, heavy set Kersten the “Magic Buddha.” Read more
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Jonathan Trigg’s ‘D-Day Through German Eyes’
By Christopher MiskimonThe German Army had extensive combat experience, some of the best weapons and equipment, and in June 1944 was holding its own in Italy and on the Eastern Front. Read more
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Robert F. Ashby’s ‘D-Day, Arnhem and the Rhine’
By Christopher MiskimonGlider Pilots occupied a perilous position in British airborne divisions. It took skill and determination to pilot a glider. Read more
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Lightning Victory In The Persian Gulf
By Victor KamenirIN November 1990 the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq if it failed to withdraw from Kuwait by January 15, 1991. Read more
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Hero of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
By Michael D. HullEarly on the morning of Sunday, October 15, 1944, a platoon of the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team’s 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate) waited on a hill for its first action in the rugged Vosges Mountains of eastern France. Read more
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Captured on the High Seas
By Michael D. HullItching for sea duty but forced to cool his heels with shore assignments, 40-year-old U.S. Navy Captain Daniel V. Read more
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Night Fighting Corsairs
By Robert F. Dorr and Fred L. BorchJust before it was drawn into World War II, the United States began developing a night fighter version of one of its most famous warplanes. Read more
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Learning from David and Goliath: The True Origin of the Sling Weapon
By Erich B. AndersonMore than 3,000 years ago, an army of Israelites led by King Saul confronted a force of Philistine invaders in the valley of Elah. Read more
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Destruction Of The Colmar Pocket
By Christopher Miskimon
On January 25, 1945, every officer in Company B of the 15th Infantry Regiment of the American 3rd Infantry Division became a casualty in the fight for the “Colmar Pocket” except Lieutenant Audie Murphy. Read more
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Triumph of Spirit
By Eric NiderostOn April 20, 1859, Emperor Franz Josef paid a respectful visit to Prince Klemens Wensel von Metternich’s place at Rennweg in Vienna. Read more
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The Fairey Swordfish Torpedo Bomber
By Phil ZimmerRadar, atomic bombs, jet engines and early cruise missiles were among the numerous technological advances of World War II. Read more
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Army Combat Engineer Paul Ray Smith
By William E. WelshT he lead elements of the First Brigade of the U.S. Third Infantry Division became heavily engaged against Iraqi forces at the Saddam International Airport on the southwest outskirts of Baghdad on April 3, 2003, but by the end of the day they had secured it. Read more
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Life In a Unique Nazi POW Camp
By Duane SchultzOn July 28, 2018, at the Doubletree Hilton Hotel near Dulles Airport, outside Washington, D.C., Mariusz Winiecki, a 42-year-old Polish professor, told an audience of Americans about his experiences growing up in the small town of Szubin, 150 miles southeast of Warsaw. Read more
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English Man-at-Arms in the Wars of the Roses
By William E. Welsh, Artwork by Graham TurnerThe Wars of the Roses (1455-1487) encompassed three civil wars that were fought between two rival branches, York and Lancaster, of the House of Plantagenet, for control of the English throne. Read more
