Volume 10, No. 9
Cover: Grizzled Marine PFC T.E. Underwood, photographed on Saipan in 1944. One of the Marine Corps’ first fights of World War II took place near the Tenaru River on Guadalcanal. Photo: National Archives
Late Fall 2011
WWII History
At midnight, the jumpers of 2nd Battalion, 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, as well as the 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company, still dripping from the paint-spray line, shuffled across Ombrone Airfield to the waiting of Serial 6 and climbed aboard. Read more
Late Fall 2011
WWII History
As French resistance to the Nazis collapsed following the lightning invasion of May 10, 1940, General Charles de Gaulle chose exile in Great Britain, cloaking himself in the mantle of guardian of his nation’s honor. Read more
Late Fall 2011
WWII History
At about 2:30 on the morning of August 21, 1942, U.S. Marine units east of Henderson Field on the embattled island of Guadalcanal were awakened by several bursts of machinegun fire. Read more
Late Fall 2011
WWII History
In early 1942, the air war over Germany was taking its toll on the Royal Air Force. Read more
Late Fall 2011
WWII History
By the autumn of 1943, the Allied armies fighting in Italy had discovered that Winston Churchill’s description of Italy as the “soft underbelly of Europe” had been a falsehood of monumental proportions. Read more
Late Fall 2011
WWII History, Editorial
The tragedy that engulfed the Polish town of Jedwabne during World War II continues to rear its ugly head today.
On the morning of July 10, 1941, a group of Poles in the town, allegedly under the close supervision of German policemen, assembled with the purpose of rounding up the local Jewish citizenry. Read more
Late Fall 2011
WWII History, Dispatches
Dear Editor:
In “Tito’s War” (November 2011 issue), author John Brown’s account of General Draza Mihailovich’s capture and trial for alleged war crimes and collaborating with the enemy, omits a few important details, such as President Harry S. Read more
Late Fall 2011
WWII History, Ordnance
August 1944 saw a rosy mood of optimism and self-deception sweep through the Allied high command in France as a result of the sudden, dramatic end to the campaign in Normandy. Read more
Late Fall 2011
WWII History, Insight
After docking in New York on August 28, 1939, only four days before the outbreak of World War II, Captain Adolf Ahrens of Germany’s North German Lloyd shipping line was faced with a decision. Read more
Late Fall 2011
WWII History, Top Secret
The planning was done behind closed doors. The work was done at secret facilities. The result was the first operational American jet fighter—a plane that might have seen combat in World War II if things had gone differently. Read more
Late Fall 2011
WWII History, Profiles
A big challenge faced Maj. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks, an infantryman, when he was cross-posted to take command of the British Army’s 9th Armored Division in March 1942. Read more
Late Fall 2011
WWII History, Books
Noted Irish writer and poet Oscar Wilde once said, “I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. Read more
Late Fall 2011
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
It goes without saying at this point that war-based first-person shooters are practically a dime a dozen. The same could be said about strategy titles, as well, so it always comes down to a particularly innovative touch applied on the creator’s part. Read more
Late Fall 2011
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
In development by the folks at X1 Software (Pacific Fighters: Banzai!), Iron Front—Liberation 1944 is a tale of two sides: the Germans and the Red Army. Read more
Late Fall 2011
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
It’s been interesting to follow the trajectory of Combat Wings: The Great Battles of World War II, a title that has been featured in these pages before but has yet to hit store shelves as of this writing. Read more
