European Theater
Although the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was the event that served to galvanize America to fight World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt and his military advisers had pervasively decided that defeating the Japanese would be secondary to destroying the Nazi war machine in Europe. Read more
European Theater
For the Western Allies, the war in Europe ended with more of a whimper than a bang. Read more
European Theater
The assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Butcher of Prague, ended the notorious career of one of the most ruthless and anti-Semitic Nazis. Read more
European Theater
Dear Sirs:
I have enjoyed your new magazine for its subject matter, layout, and graphics. Your challenge is to present articles on subject matter that has been covered for many years by world-class writers such as Cornelius Ryan, Carlo d’Este, and lately Adrian Lewis about D-day. Read more
European Theater
From their hiding places in the valley below, the soldiers looked up at the wall of shale looming more than 3,000 feet above them. Read more
European Theater
Everywhere General George S. Patton, Jr., went, from North Africa to Sicily to continental Europe, his camera swayed from his neck, ready to capture images that interested him. Read more
European Theater
Neutrality. When used in the context of wartime, the word implies a political stance favoring neither side in armed conflict.
However, during World War II, alliances and allegiances seemed as confused at times as the fighting itself. Read more
European Theater
When Adolf Hitler sent German troops to Greece to help extricate his Italian allies from an embarrassing situation, he was, in part, repaying a debt to Benito Mussolini for being given a free hand in Austria three years earlier. Read more
