June 2019
WWII History
Remembering D-Day
By Michael E. HaskewFew events in human history have been so fraught with drama as the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Read more
June 2019
Volume 18, No. 4
Cover: American troops on board landing craft headed to North African
beaches near Oran, Algeria, November 8, 1942.
Photo: National Archive
June 2019
WWII History
D-Day Capture of Les Moulins Draw
By Kevin M. HymelTwelve Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVPs) carrying Captain William Callahan’s F Company and Captain Eccles Scott’s G Company—some 400 men—slapped the English Channel’s rough waves as they approached Omaha Beach’s Les Moulins Draw. Read more
June 2019
WWII History
WWII Pioneers of Skip Bombing
By Gene Eric SaleckerBy September 1942, after numerous aerial strikes against the advancing Imperial Japanese Navy, the Battle of the Coral Sea in May, and numerous attacks against enemy convoys along the New Guinea coast in the summer of that year, Maj. Read more
June 2019
WWII History
Captured at the Bulge
By Kevin M. HymelPrivate Leon Goldberg pulled the trigger on his heavy, water-cooled M-1917 Browning machine gun and fired bursts of .30-caliber rounds into the attacking German infantry. Read more
June 2019
WWII History
Operation Torch: Invasion of North Africa
By Michael D. HullComing after a series of bitter defeats from France to Norway to Crete, news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and America’s entry into World War II was one of the early high points of Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s leadership years. Read more
June 2019
WWII History
Night Battleship Action Off Guadalcanal
By David Alan JohnsonRear Admiral Willis Augustus Lee has been called, among other things, “one of the best brains in the Navy.” Read more
June 2019
WWII History, Editorial
General James Van Fleet overcame a terrible misunderstanding and rose to the highest echelon of command in the U.S. Army.
Colonel James Van Fleet, commander of the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, which splashed ashore at Utah Beach 75 years ago on D-Day, June 6, 1944, was an uncommon soldier. Read more
June 2019
WWII History, Profiles
P-40 Fighter Pilot: Fighting for His Life
By Patrick J. ChaissonThe four Curtiss P-40 Warhawks plummeted 10,000 feet over NewGuinea’s coastline to ambush their quarry. Flight leader 1st Lt. Read more
June 2019
WWII History, Ordnance
Consolidated B-24 Liberator: The Loyal “Lumbering Lib”
By Michael D. HullA host of famous fighters and bombers in the Allied arsenal spearheaded the aerial offensives that helped secure victory against the Axis powers in World War II. Read more
June 2019
WWII History, Top Secret
Mussolini’s Fall from Power
By Blaine TaylorAt 10:30 on the night of May 9, 1936, as 400,000 people stood crowded together on Rome’s Palazzo Venezia underneath the most famous balcony in the world, Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, 52, the leader of the country’s ruling Fascist Party, strode forward and began to speak to the silent masses below him. Read more
June 2019
WWII History, Books
The American Heavy Tank
By Christopher MiskimonA black Opel automobile raced through the streets of Cologne, Germany, on March 6, 1945. The driver, 40-year-old Michael Delling, was making a run for it. Read more
June 2019
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
Hearts of Iron Expands Its Naval Capabilities
by Joseph LusterIf you’ve played through Hearts of Iron IV at this point, you’ve likely gotten a feel for the ups and downs of the naval aspect of Paradox Interactive’s latest World War II-based grand strategy game. Read more
June 2019
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
Warsaw Introduces Hand-Painted Turn-Based Strategy
By Joseph LusterIn the grand scheme of things, World War II games tend to stick to a similar aesthetic regardless of genre. Read more
