January 2007
WWII History
The Striking Cobra: Phase Two of the D-Day Invasion
By David Alan Johnson“We’ve been slogging our way through hedgerow country, half an acre a day, and we’ve got to find a way to break out.” Read more
January 2007
Volume 6, No. 1
Cover: U.S. Marine Raiders, known for being skilled jungle fighters, pose in front of a Japanese dugout on Bougainville, which they helped to capture in January 1944. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.
January 2007
WWII History
The Murmansk Run: Running the Gauntlet of WWII’s Arctic Convoys
By Flint WhitlockIt was unbelievably dull and uncomfortable duty, often interspersed with moments of sheer terror and the possibility of sudden and violent death. Read more
January 2007
WWII History
WWII Veterans: Donald L. Versaw, From Shanghai to Corregidor
By Eric NiderostDonald L. Versaw joined the U.S. Marine Corps on Armistice Day, November 11, 1939. After basic training and a stint in the Marine Corps Operating Base Band in San Diego, he was sent overseas to join the Fourth Marines Band in Shanghai. Read more
January 2007
WWII History
The Battle of Brody: Disaster Along WWII’s Eastern Front
By Pat McTaggartThe German Army found itself facing a massive challenge in the spring of 1944, just months before its total disaster at the Battle of Brody — they were facing the possibility of a war on three fronts. Read more
January 2007
WWII History
Ipo Dam: A Campaign For Water
By David LashIn February 1945, General Douglas MacArthur was poised to begin one of the great battles of his career. Read more
January 2007
WWII History, Editorial
The late AP photographer Joe Rosenthal captured the spirit of the Marine Corps.
When U.S. Marines stormed ashore on the island of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, American involvement in World War II was in its fourth year. Read more
January 2007
WWII History, Dispatches
Hooray for Hollywood!
Dear Editor,
I enjoyed Flint Whitlock’s article on the film stars in WWII, but I think you forgot one. Lew Ayres (All Quiet on the Western Front and others) served as a medic in the Philippines in 1944-1945. Read more
January 2007
WWII History, Ordnance
Military Vehicles: German Motorcycles in WWII
by G. Paul GarsonAfter September 1, 1939, and Germany’s invasion of Poland, a trickle of so-called “death cards” began appearing in homes across the Third Reich. Read more
January 2007
WWII History, Profile
Backward in Battle
By Robert F. DorrUp front, guns chattered. Out back, in his pressurized compartment aboard a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber high over Japan, Andy Doty heard a warning shouted over the intercom. Read more
January 2007
WWII History, Top Secret
WWII Spies: Double Agent Dusko Popov, a.k.a. ‘Tricycle’
By Peter KrossOn March 18, 1941, an accident took place in the crowded streets of New York’s Times Square. Normally an accident like this would not make news. Read more
January 2007
WWII History, Insight
D-Day 1943: Could the Allied Invasion of Western Europe Have Happened One Year Earlier?
By Lt. Col. John Fenzel IIIOn June 6, 1944, the Allies unleashed on land, air, and sea the largest invasion force in world history in an enormous effort to liberate Europe from Nazi tyranny. Read more
January 2007
WWII History, Books
Three fine books document the horror and heroism of the fight for Iwo Jima.
By Mason B. WebbIwo Jima was one of the toughest battles of World War II, and three new books provide perhaps the definitive word on that epic, month-long struggle in February and March 1945. Read more
January 2007
WWII History, Games
Battlefront, Silent Heroes, and The Burning Blue
By Eric BakerBattlefront is a new battalion-level strategy game for the PC from SSG and Matrix Games. The game engine owes a lot to SSG’s Decisive Battles engine, and Battlefront has the look of a frame that a series of games will be built on. Read more
