January 2011
WWII History
Ten Days at Aschaffenburg
By Christopher MiskimonAs the winter of 1944-1945 slowly gave way to spring, the combined Allied armies ground their way into Germany. Read more
January 2011
Volume 10, No. 2
Cover: Romanian soldiers keep watch on the heavily defended Soviet perimeter at Sevastopol in June 1942. Photo: akg-images.
January 2011
WWII History
Baghdad’s 1941 Regime
By John W. Osborn, Jr.A dangerous outlaw regime sits in power in Baghdad; the leader of one of the world’s superpowers decides it has to be removed at all costs; an army marches across the desert to topple it. Read more
January 2011
WWII History
The Atlantis: The Kriegsmarine’s Last Corsair
By David LippmanIn her previous life, she had been the Hansa-line freighter Goldenfels. She was launched in 1937 and displaced 7,862 tons. Read more
January 2011
WWII History
Withdrawal from Guadalcanal: Abandoning the Island of Death
By David Alan JohnsonThe first Japanese general officer to suggest abandoning Guadalcanal to the Americans was probably Maj. Gen. Kenryo Sato, the War Ministry’s chief of its Military Affairs Bureau. Read more
January 2011
WWII History
Romania’s Disaster at Stalingrad
By Tom W. Murrey, Jr.World War II involved some of the most complex alliance systems in the history of warfare. Read more
January 2011
WWII History, Editorial
Eileen Nearne was the war heroine next door.
To the neighbors, she was an elderly woman who lived an unassuming life, loved her cats, kept to herself, and seemed even somewhat reclusive. Read more
January 2011
WWII History, Dispatches
Value of World War II History
Dear Editor:
I am an eighth-grader. I am also a Boy Scout in Troop 456 in Wildwood, Missouri. I read your magazine a lot. Read more
January 2011
WWII History, Ordnance
D-Day’s Concrete Fleet: Making the Mulberry Harbors
By Michael D. HullNo Allied amphibious invasion in World War II left such a bitter legacy as Operation Jubilee, the ill-fated British-Canadian raid on the northern French port of Dieppe on Wednesday, August 19, 1942. Read more
January 2011
WWII History, Profiles
Frank Messervy: Britain’s Frontline General
By Jon DiamondThe style of leadership practiced in Britain’s Eighth Army during the early years of the Desert War left much to be desired. Read more
January 2011
WWII History, Insight
U.S. Divisions of World War II
By Colonel James W. Hammond, Jr. USMC (Ret.)The definitive combat unit of comparable strength among the forces of the world during the 20th century was the division. Read more
January 2011
WWII History, Top Secret
Cockleshell Heroes: Courageous Commandos in Canoes
By Michael D. HullEarly in World War II, the British War Office and the Admiralty were shocked by daring small boat attacks, some of them suicidal, on Allied shipping in the Mediterranean Sea. Read more
January 2011
WWII History, Books
Stalin’s Wartime Paranoia
By Al HemingwayIt has long been common knowledge to most historians and followers of World War II history in the European Theater, that the Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front. Read more
January 2011
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
Making War On The Wii
By Joseph LusterOptions for World War II-related gaming run pretty thick if you do the majority of it on PC. Read more
