Fall 2026 Archives

From the deck of a warship in the English Channel, General Eisenhower scans the horizon along the coastline of France June 7, 1944. Eisenhower managed to maintain a sometimes tenuous partnership between the British and American Allies.

WWII History, Editorial

General Dwight D. Eisenhower Shouldered the Burden of Command.

By Michael E. Haskew

When the military might of the Allies began to move inexorably toward Europe, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, told the troops that they were embarking on a “great crusade” to rid the world of the scourge of Nazi tyranny. Read more

WWII History, Ordnance

France’s Char B1 bis Battle Tank

By John E. Spindler

With his Tiger tank, SS-Obersturmführer Michael Wittmann famously annihilated a British tank brigade at Villers-Bocage on June 13, 1944. Read more

WWII History, Profiles

Joe ‘Peppy’ Sciarra: A Soldier’s Story

By Glenn Barnett

The history of the epic battle for Luzon Island in the Philippines has been told before. This is one soldier’s story of that desperate fight. Read more

WWII History, Insight

“Cooties”—The Fight against Lice-Borne Epidemic Typhus.

By Richard Danila

Infectious diseases have shaped history and often determined the fate of wars. In an article for infectious disease physicians, Drs. Read more

WWII History, Books

7 World War II Book Reviews for Fall 2026

Full Reviews

The Navigator’s Letter: The True Story of Two WWII Airmen, a Doomed Mission, and the Woman Who Bound Them Together (Jan Cress Dondi, Union Square & Co., Read more

WWII History, Simulation Gaming

Total Victory: World Conflict 1939-1945

By Joseph Luster

Developer Kraken Studios showed their skills at World War II simulation with WarPlan in 2019, and and are following it up with Total Victory: World Conflict 1939-1945 continuing the grand strategy tradition in style, taking inspiration from games like World in Flames and ETO, among others, to bring a detailed theater of war to life. Read more

WWII History, Simulation Gaming

World of Tanks: HEAT

By Joseph Luster

If World of Tanks isn’t action-packed enough for you, Wargaming now has World of Tanks: HEAT. It’s a standalone game with a more arcadey, hero-based feel. Read more

German POWs marching west fill the median of the Autobahn near Giessen as tankers from the U.S. 6th Armored Division roll east. Once across the river, Patton’s army spent the next two months barreling across Germany and would end the war in Austria and Czechoslovakia. OPPOSITE: Patton thanks his engineers for their speed in erecting a bridge across the Rhine River, the last natural barrier to invading the Third Reich.

WWII History

‘By God, Patton Has Crossed the Rhine!’

By Kevin M. Hymel

Lieutenant General George S. Patton desperately wanted his Third Army to cross Germany’s Rhine River before the British troops under his rival Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery. Read more

WWII History

Imperial Disaster

By Jeffrey Morris

Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Empire appeared unstoppable. By the summer of 1942, Japan had conquered vast territories across the Pacific and Southeast Asia, shattered Allied naval power, and established a defensive perimeter that seemed nearly impregnable. Read more

The Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum’s rare, airworthy P-47D Thunderbolt Tallahassee Lassie in flight at Paine Field near Everett, Washington, in 2019. The restored “jug” serves as a flying tribute to Col. Ralph C. Jenkins, who led the 510th Fighter Squadron from the hedgerows of France all the way to Germany.

WWII History

Thunderbolts Strike the Bocage

By Gerald Felix

As the pilots of the U.S. Army Air Force’s 510th Fighter Squadron hit their bunks on the night of June 5, 1944, the chatter among the “Buzzards” was the usual moaning about boring missions and wondering when they would see some real action. Read more

WWII History

Storming the Point at Peleliu

By Dick Camp

By the summer of 1944, the United States was advancing on Japan’s Home Islands in a two-pronged attack through the Central and Southwest Pacific theaters. Read more