Volume 5, No. 3
Cover: German panzers and infantry on the move in Russia in 1942, from Signal magazine. (Photo: The Bridgeman Art Library.)
May 2006
WWII History
Now that Uden was secured, Easy Company and the remainder of the 101st Airborne Division received orders to move to the “Island,” a long narrow area north of Nijmegen between the Lower Rhine and the Waal Rivers. Read more
May 2006
WWII History
In the fall of 1942, in a prelude to the now-famous Operation Uranus, the Red Army had its back to the wall once again. Read more
May 2006
WWII History
Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily, was the only operation in World War II in which generals Bernard Montgomery and George S. Read more
May 2006
WWII History
On August 3, 1943, the day that General George S. Patton, Jr., learned that his superior, General Dwight D. Read more
May 2006
WWII History
It was said on May 8, 1945, that some of the victors wandered around in a daze. They were puzzled by a strange silence. Read more
May 2006
WWII History
The grimy, weary Marines heard with little emotion the instructions shouted by their officer. He wanted them to mount yet another charge to the top of the nondescript hill blocking their way, another collection of rock housing an enemy that tried to halt their advance. Read more
May 2006
WWII History
Because of the severe conditions at Sugar Loaf and elsewhere on Okinawa, the fighting produced an alarmingly high number of battle fatigue cases. Read more
May 2006
WWII History
One of the most heart-wrenching moments to occur on Okinawa involved a family with a proud Marine heritage. Read more
May 2006
WWII History
When American and British airborne troops lifted off from bases in North Africa and headed toward drop zones in Sicily during the early morning hours of July 9, 1943, the plan began to unravel almost immediately. Read more
May 2006
WWII History, Dispatches
Dear Editors:
I subscribed to your magazine hoping to see something about merchant marines during WWII. It seems you have forgotten them. Read more
May 2006
WWII History, Ordnance
The spring of 1941, particularly the month of May, was a troubled time for Great Britain. The German battleship Bismarck had sunk the huge British battlecruiser Hood in just six minutes and was making a getaway to the coast of German-occupied France. Read more
May 2006
WWII History, Profiles
Allied fortunes were at a low ebb as strategic British and American bases fell like ninepins to the Japanese across the Far East in the early months of 1942. Read more
May 2006
WWII History, Insight
Planning a war requires assumptions. However, there should be as few assumptions as possible, otherwise one can assume away all one’s problems. Read more
May 2006
WWII History, Top Secret
By the spring of 1945, Hitler’s thousand year Reich had come crashing down in flames. The Allied armies that had landed at Normandy almost one year earlier had penetrated deep inside Germany. Read more
May 2006
WWII History, Books
Lately, many of the scores of books published on the topic of World War II purport to be the “untold story” of such-and-such battle, campaign, or event; very few of them are actually untold stories, and most are merely the rehashing of the familiar. Read more
May 2006
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
The Second World War remains a lively setting for first-person video gaming. The default characters in these games are often young OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officers, and World War II Combat: Road to Berlin for the Xbox and PC from Groove Games, is no exception. Read more
