Volume 14, No. 5
Cover: A German tanker pauses for a smoke during the German Blitzkrieg into Belgium and France in May 1940.
Photograph: Ullstein Bild / The Granger Collection, New York
August 2015
WWII History
At daybreak on Monday, July 12, 1943, SS Sturmbannführer Christian Bachmann, the panzer group commander of the 3rd SS Panzergrenadier Division, ordered his unit to cross the Psel River and attack. Read more
August 2015
WWII History
On May 9, 1940, a black Mercedes automobile drove inconspicuously away from the Reich Chancellery in Berlin and merged with the weekend traffic. Read more
August 2015
WWII History
As 1943 drew to a close, Admiral Chester Nimitz’s Central Pacific campaign was gaining momentum. His forces had taken the Gilbert Islands that November and now targeted the Marshall Islands as the next step on the long road to Tokyo. Read more
August 2015
WWII History
After two grueling months of action in the Pacific, Vice Admiral John S. “Slew” McCain’s powerful Task Force 38 retired in late November 1944 to the big Caroline Islands base of Ulithi Atoll for a 10-day breather. Read more
August 2015
WWII History
On January 17, 1945, as Allied forces prepared to descend on Germany itself and put an end to the war in Europe, an American tank battalion disappeared. Read more
August 2015
WWII History, Editorial
Paul Allen is one of the wealthiest men in the world. In fact, Forbes magazine ranks him 51st with a net worth of approximately $17.5 billion. Read more
August 2015
WWII History, Ordnance
The origins of the Matilda Tank or “I” Tank date back to 1934, when Maj. Gen. Percy C.S. Read more
August 2015
WWII History, Profiles
Major General Charles “Chuck” Yeager, United States Air force (Ret.), was one of a handful of people who could rightly claim the title “living legend.” Read more
August 2015
WWII History, Insight
Between 1944 and 1947, over two million Russians who had been living in the occupied countries of Europe, some voluntarily, some not, were forcibly repatriated to the Soviet Union. Read more
August 2015
WWII History, Top Secret
Felice Benuzzi’s part in the war may have been a small one, but his story is one of the oddest to come out of World War II. Read more
August 2015
WWII History, Books
As spring turned to summer in 1941, America’s thoughts turned unwillingly toward war. While the nation was still reluctant to enter World War II, it now realized it needed to prepare its military, which had languished in the funding-starved 1930s. Read more
August 2015
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
Expansions can be a tricky thing, especially when they come almost exactly one year after the main game. Read more
