Volume 14, No. 3
Cover: Private Jesse K. Fennell of the 101st Air- borne Division, and his dog, “Dud,” return from two months of fighting in the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden. Photograph: National Archives.
April 2015
WWII History
“There’s no greater feeling in the world than seeing Old Glory in a winning position.” Twenty-one-year-old U.S. Navy Ensign Joseph Bale watched the American flag raising on Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi from aboard the attack transport USS Dickens County Texas. Read more
April 2015
WWII History
On Sunday, September 10, 1944, all bridges over the German-Belgian border rivers, the Our and the Saur, were dynamited. Read more
April 2015
WWII History
On November 28, 1947, a converted North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber crashed in the Algerian desert, killing all aboard. Read more
April 2015
WWII History
All the pilots of No. 71 (Eagle) Squadron, Royal Air Force, had been ordered to report to the briefing room on the afternoon of August 18, 1942. Read more
April 2015
WWII History
American men left behind a great deal when they left home to fight a world war. They lost their identities, their families, and almost all their worldly goods, but they improvised. Read more
April 2015
WWII History
The latter half of 1943 had German forces in the east staggering under a series of hammer blows that saw the Soviet Red Army advance hundreds of kilometers westward on the central and southern sectors of the Eastern Front. Read more
April 2015
WWII History, Editorial
Many times in war otherwise obscure individuals are called upon to take extreme risks in service to their country, and more often than any casual observer may ever know, the heroic deeds of these individuals remain in the shadows, forgotten footnotes or even totally lost due to the passage of time and the continuing sweep of history. Read more
April 2015
WWII History, Ordnance
It crossed silently on a chilly winter evening over the southern Oregon coast, descending slowly, its ballast spent. Read more
April 2015
WWII History, Insight
On the evening of September 26, 1940, American radio announcer and journalist William L. Shirer noted in his later famous Berlin Diary that the next day Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano would arrive there from Rome, adding that most people thought it was for the announcement that Francisco Franco’s Spain was entering the war on the side of the Axis. Read more
April 2015
WWII History, Insight
Letters home provide us with a glimpse into the daily lives of soldiers during the best and worst times. Read more
April 2015
WWII History, Books
June 12, 1915, was a day of enormous portent for the United States of America, though at the time it passed without great remark. Read more
April 2015
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
Oxford-based developer Rebellion Games—whose credits range from 1994’s Alien vs. Predator to 2012’s NeverDead and beyond—is giving shooter fans another chance to take in the Sniper Elite stand-alone Nazi Zombie Army games in the handy Zombie Army Trilogy collection. Read more
April 2015
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
The latest update for World of Tanks recently arrived, deploying a line of Red Army heavy tanks across Xbox 360 consoles. Read more
