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The Demise of Army Group South
By Christopher MiskimonWilli Fey served in a Tiger tank crew on the Eastern Front. During March 1944, a massive Soviet offensive struck the area his unit, the Waffen SS Division Das Reich, defended. Read more
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In Case You Missed It—More WWII in the News
JFK’s “other” PT boat found—in New York!With the contentious 2020 election finally behind us, it’s time to remember a war hero and previous president—John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Read more
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Operation Hailstone devastated the Japanese anchorage at Truk.
Despite the fact that the massive anchorage at Truk Lagoon in the Caroline Islands had become more untenable with each passing day as the American pincer executed its “Island Hopping” strategy in the autumn of 1943 and the following spring, the harbor remained a tempting target for U.S. Read more
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The Luftwaffe Against England
By Christopher MiskimonIn order to establish the necessary conditions for the final conquest of England … I therefore order the Luftwaffe to overpower the English air force with all forces at its command, in the shortest possible time.” Read more
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Why Destroy When You Can Rebuild in a Game That Takes on All the Immense Post-war Cleanup Tasks?
By Joseph LusterSo many aspects of war-inspired entertainment are focused on destroying cities and bringing an end to the normalcy of a previously unmarred location. Read more
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The Battle of Moscow: WWII’s First Critical Turning Point
By Jeff ChrismanMany consider the Battle of Moscow in late 1941 to be the first turning point of World War II on the Eastern Front. Read more
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The Incongruity Between Conviction and Subsequent Celebration
In January 1952, a 39-year-old man was arrested in Manchester, England on a charge of “gross indecency” as specified under Section 11 of Britain’s Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885. Read more
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USS Sealion: the Only American Submarine to Sink an Enemy Battleship
By Chace V. Howland“Thornton! Go let the captain know he’s needed in the conning tower.” Nineteen-year-old Quartermaster Third Class Ed Thornton from Three Notch, Alabama, scurried to the conning tower hatch and slid down the ladder into the control room. Read more
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April World War II Games
By Joseph LusterDepending on what kind of setup you have, virtual reality may be old news to you, or it might still be fresh and awe-inspiring. Read more
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The Hitler Jugend SS Panzergrenadier and the Uniform of the Hitler Youth
By Johnny Shumate The paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party known as the Sturmabteilung established the Hitler Jugend in 1926 for the purpose of indoctrinating German youth into Nazi ideology. Read more
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Auction of Hitler Notes Sparks Controversy
A recent auction of handwritten speech notes scrawled by none other than Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, aroused the ire of Jewish groups, which find the commercial activity reprehensible since the Nazi regime was responsible for the deaths of more than six million Jews during the 12 years of the Third Reich. Read more
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4th Infantry Division: The “Easy” Victory at Utah Beach
By Mason B. WebbIn the weeks leading up to the still-undefined D-Day, commanders argued about every detail of Operation Overlord. Read more
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When Peace Came in a Flash—75 Years Ago
A few short months ago, the world paused to reflect on the 75th anniversary of the end of the greatest human-caused cataclysm mankind has ever known: World War II. Read more
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Madeline “Del” D’Eletto: an Allied Angel of Mercy on a C-47
By Kevin M. HymelIn a field hospital in Normandy, France, 1st Lt. Madeline “Del” D’Eletto was watching an Army doctor operate on a soldier’s head injury when one of her fellow nurses asked, “What do I do with this?” Read more
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Joachim Peiper’s Bloody Blitz Through Belgium
By Kevin H. HymelAs the Belgian town of La Gleize burned to the ground around him, 29-year-old SS Lt. Col. Read more
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Teddy Roosevelt Junior: Steadying the Troops at Utah Beach
By Mason B. WebbTeddy Roosevelt Junior had enjoyed a distinguished career even before D-Day. He had commanded a battalion in France during the Great War, served as secretary of the Navy from 1921 to 1924, been the governor of Puerto Rico from 1929 to 1932, and been governor-general of the Philippines for a year in the early 1930s. Read more
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The Blue Division and the Spaniards Who Fought Against Stalin
By Blaine Taylor
The Russian winter of 1941-1942 hit with terrible ferocity. Battling the deadly, numbing cold as well as the massive numbers of Red Army troops were soldiers from sunny Spain. Read more
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The Palawan Massacre: The Story from One of its Few Survivors
By Dick Camp, Col., USMC, Ret.
Superior Private Tomisaburo Sawa of the Imperial Japanese Army fixed the bayonet on his Type 99 Arisaka rifle and carefully checked to make sure the weapon was loaded. Read more
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The Bombing of Dresden: Was the Attack Fully Justified?
By Mason B.WebbIt was February 1945, and the Bombing of Dresden had yet to commence. At this point in the war, the citizens of the capital of the German state of Saxony were beginning to think that they were living a charmed life. Read more
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Finding the Dachau Concentration Camp: a Soldier’s Personal Account
By Dan DoughertyBACKSTORY: Dan Dougherty graduated from Central High School in Austin, Minnesota in June 1943 and was immediately activated from the Army Reserve. Read more
