Volume 15, No. 1
Cover: Robert E. Smith pilots his obsolete P-40 fighter against the Japanese as part of China’s 1st American Volunteer Group, better known as the Flying Tigers.
Painting by Jack Fellows; www.jackfellows.com
December 2015
WWII History
Among the many objectives facing General Douglas MacArthur on his return to the main Philippine island of Luzon in 1945 was the recapture of the tiny island of Corregidor. Read more
December 2015
WWII History
The Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) carrying Army engineers and Navy beachmasters hit a mine on its way into Omaha Beach. Read more
December 2015
WWII History
“Lieutenant Rochester, take a look at this.”
The American patrol halted next to an abandoned industrial building. Read more
December 2015
WWII History
The waning months of 1943 were a bleak time for the German forces in southern Russia. Since the massive battle at Kursk in July, the Red Army had pushed the armies of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein’s Army Group South hundreds of kilometers to the west. Read more
December 2015
WWII History, Editorial
The fight at Monte La Difensa on December 3, 1943, was swift but brutal as members of the First Special Service Force, a combined unit of U.S. Read more
December 2015
WWII History, Ordnance
Wing Commander Guy P. Gibson of Royal Air Force Bomber Command was handed the most challenging assignment of his six-year career in the spring of 1943. Read more
December 2015
WWII History, Profiles
On May 4, 1942, American Volunteer Group (AVG) pilots Charlie Bond and Bob Little were in the alert area at Paoshan, China, a small grass aerodrome just north of Burma. Read more
December 2015
WWII History, Top Secret
During World War II, one American intelligence unit was so secret it was known only by its post office box number, 1142. Read more
December 2015
WWII History, Insight
Lieutenant Richard Britt, navigator aboard a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber named Chattanooga Choo Choo, woke up to find himself trapped in the wreckage. Read more
December 2015
WWII History, Books
Lieutenant Commander Kakuishi Takahashi looked down on his targets from 14,000 feet. They were long, narrow forms with flat decks and large funnel stacks, the American aircraft carriers USS Lexington and Yorktown. Read more
December 2015
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
It’s one thing to create games based solely on World War II, but how often do you see a developer focus so closely on a single battle? Read more
Book Reviews
