Volume 11, No. 4
Cover: The first wave of Americans wade ashore under intense fire from German defenders on Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944.
Photo: National Archives
May 2012
WWII History
When twin brothers Roy and Ray Stevens of Bedford, Virginia, joined Company A, First Battalion, 116th Infantry of the 29th Infantry Division in 1938, they could not know that their decision would completely destroy their dream of one day owning a farm together. Read more
May 2012
WWII History
Lieutenant Colonel William Edwin Dyess, a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot and squadron commander, was considered a hero by men who served under him in the Philippines and who felt they owed their own lives to Ed’s sacrifice. Read more
May 2012
WWII History
By mid-1942, the towering German battleship Tirpitz stood alone as the largest, most powerful warship in the world. Read more
May 2012
WWII History
In January 12, 1945, Adolf Hitler received the news he had been dreading—the Soviet Red Army had launched its winter offensive. Read more
May 2012
WWII History, Editorial
An organization known as the Malaysia Historical Group is making a substantial contribution to the continuing effort to document the wreck sites of World War II aircraft in Malaysia, Thailand, and India. Read more
May 2012
WWII History, Dispatches
Dear Editor:
I thought I would take a few minutes to compliment your recent choices for magazine cover photos showing German troops pictured late in the war. Read more
May 2012
WWII History, Profiles
His name was Doris, but he was a powerfully built football fullback, a heavyweight boxer, and the first black American hero of World War II. Read more
May 2012
WWII History, Top Secret
Maybe the Turks were just bad at picking the winning side. In World War I the Central Powers were defeated by the Allies, so in October 1939 they switched to ally with Britain and France. Read more
May 2012
WWII History, Ordnance
Ever since the tank appeared on the battlefield during World War I, armies the world over have sought to field man-portable infantry antitank weapons to give the infantryman a viable defense against the metal monsters. Read more
May 2012
WWII History, Insight
When Nazi architect Albert Speer surrendered in 1945, he made a strange remark: “So now the end has come. Read more
May 2012
WWII History, Books
It has been said that when Dwight David Eisenhower was president of the United States from 1952-1961, he was not a hands-on chief executive. Read more
May 2012
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
With decades of entertainment based on World War II behind us, and decades more down the road, there’s bound to be some (okay, quite a bit) that strays farther than “loosely” based on history and right into the realm of fantasy. Read more
May 2012
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
The original Sniper Elite was first released in 2005, making its way across various platforms, from PC to PlayStation 2, Xbox, and eventually Nintendo Wii in 2010. Read more
