June 2008
WWII History
Was It Right to Drop the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki?
By Sam McGowanThe most controversial decision of the 20th century—probably in all of history—was the one reportedly made by President Harry S. Read more
June 2008
Volume 7, No. 4
Cover: A flamethrower operator equipped with an M2-2 flamegun is protected by a rear guard of infantrymen carrying Browning Automatic Rifles in this simulated action photo. Photo courtesy of the National Archives
June 2008
WWII History
Adolf Hitler’s Elite Bodyguard at Mortain
By Major General Michael ReynoldsBy the morning of July 27, 1944, General Omar Bradley’s First U.S. Army had won the “Battle of the Hedgerows” in Normandy and stood ready to break out to the south. Read more
June 2008
WWII History
Night Battle: The Barroom Brawl Off Guadalcanal
By David Alan JohnsonNovember 13, 1942, was a Friday, which sailors aboard the cruiser USS San Francisco noted with anxiety. Read more
June 2008
WWII History
Leningrad & Tikhvin: Nazi Winter Repulse During Operation Barbarossa
By Pat Mc TaggartThe men of Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb’s Heeresgruppe Nord (Army Group North) had little sleep during the night of June 21, 1941. Read more
June 2008
WWII History
Tragedy at Hong Kong: The Ordeal of C Force
By Jerome M. BaldwinBy the 1930s the security Hong Kong had enjoyed since its acquisition by the British Empire in 1842 was a memory. Read more
June 2008
WWII History, Editorial
Anne Frank’s chestnut tree is threatened by disease and the axe.
More than 60 years after her death, Anne Frank, the young girl who was a virtual prisoner in the famous “annex” as she, her family, and others hid from the Nazi Jew hunters in Amsterdam, remains an icon of optimism and belief in the triumph of the human spirit. Read more
June 2008
WWII History, Ordnance
How the Allies Used Captured German Tanks and Vehicles
By Christopher MiskimonGeijsteren Castle sits north of the Dutch town of Venlo on the banks of the Meuse River. In late 1944, the castle was a strongpoint in the local German defenses and under attack by elements of the British Sixth Guards Tank Brigade. Read more
June 2008
WWII History, Profiles
Russian Commanders: Marshal Semyon M. Budenny
By Blaine TaylorAt 8 am on the cold, blustery morning of November 7, 1941, the 24th anniversary of the Russian Communist Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, a dashing lone horseman galloped out of the Spassky Gate of the Kremlin onto snow-covered Red Square. Read more
June 2008
WWII History, Insight
Ernest Hemingway and the Ivy Leaguers in World War II
By Charles WhitingDuring the second week of July 1944 a young, sharp Lieutenant Goldstein of the 4th Infantry Division’s 22nd Infantry Regiment was told by his boss, Colonel Buck Lanhan, “Expect a special civilian, a big war correspondent is coming to visit us. Read more
June 2008
WWII History, Top Secret
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor: A Dark Royal Secret?
By Peter KrossOne of the most interesting yet little known aspects of World War II was the role played by the Duke of Windsor, previously King Edward VIII of England, and his covert relationship with Adolf Hitler’s Germany. Read more
June 2008
WWII History, Books
Eisenhower, Marshall, and MacArthur
By Mason B. WebbOnly five modern American Army generals have ever been authorized to wear the five stars denoting the rank of General of the Army. Read more
June 2008
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
Get three games in one with Pacific Storm: Allies.
By Eric T. BakerSome games take a small part of WWII and try to model it very closely. Some games take the whole of the war and try to model it very broadly. Read more
