Volume 14, No. 2
A Soviet infantry scout looks for German forces during a Russian advance.
February 2015
WWII History
The sun was just rising and the day promised clear skies overhead. Since 5 am maintenance crews had been running the engines, making last minute adjustments, and arming the scores of aircraft sitting on the steel flight deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi. Read more
February 2015
WWII History
After the Battle of the Bulge delayed their advance by six critical weeks, the British, U.S., and Canadian armies went on the offensive in mid-January 1945 and pushed toward the German frontier. Read more
February 2015
WWII History
Shortly after 11 am on August 22, 1942, the roar of aircraft engines shattered the stillness over Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. Read more
February 2015
WWII History
Soviet General Ivan Danilovich Cherniakhovskii was in a good mood as he waited for his generals to arrive. Read more
February 2015
WWII History
Because the victorious Allies had destroyed Imperial Germany’s fleet after World War I, Adolf Hitler had no choice but to construct a new navy after he came to power. Read more
February 2015
WWII History
While America and Europe struggled through economic depression and nervously watched the spread of fascism in the second half of the 1930s, the situation was far more ominous in the Far East. Read more
February 2015
WWII History, Editorial
On February 19, 1945, thousands of American Marines hit the beaches on the Volcano Islands in the Pacific, starting what we call today the Battle of Iwo Jima. Read more
February 2015
WWII History, Profiles
Major Evans Carlson stood on a rickety platform built from wooden crates, the kind their rations came in. Read more
February 2015
WWII History, Insight
The U.S. military employed an organized system for the treatment of soldiers severely wounded while fighting in the Pacific, including their evacuation stateside if needed. Read more
February 2015
WWII History, Ordnance
By the mid-1930s many people in Australia were concerned that if war came to Europe that Great Britain would not be able to come to their defense against a growing and aggressive Japanese Empire. Read more
February 2015
WWII History, Top Secret
In his 1969 memoir, Albert Speer asserted that Adolf Hitler would never have appointed him Third Reich minister of armaments had not his predecessor in that post, acclaimed engineering genius Dr. Read more
February 2015
WWII History, Books
After the U.S. victory at Midway in June 1942, the focus of the War in the Pacific moved south. Read more
February 2015
WWII History, Games
World War II games span a plethora of genres and sub-genres, but a recent content update for World of Diving might be one of the most unique. Read more
February 2015
WWII History, Games
Company of Heroes 2 players recently got a treat in the form of an update that adds in some oft-requested features. Read more
