September 2012
WWII History
Arnhem Bridge: Why it was “Britain’s Alamo” in WWII
By David H. LippmanIt was getting dark when they reached Arnhem bridge, but there it was, still intact.
Lieutenant Jack Grayburn’s No. Read more
September 2012
Volume 11, No. 6
Cover: A British paratrooper prepares to jump in this photograph taken during a training exercise in March 1944.
Photo: Getty Images
September 2012
WWII History
First Casualties at Iwo Jima
By Christopher MarksLieutenant Harold Gilson Payne, Jr., was one of the first Americans to die at Iwo Jima. He did not fall in the carnage of the Marine invasion that began on February 19, 1945. Read more
September 2012
WWII History
Marshall Builds the U.S. Army
By Earl RickardOn July 17, 1941, United States Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall sat before the Senate Military Affairs Committee. Read more
September 2012
WWII History
The Battle of Narvik: Crippling the Kriegsmarine
By David H. LippmanThe Germans could not believe it. Without suffering the loss of a single soldier or sailor, the German Army and Navy had sailed 1,500 miles through waters dominated by the British Royal Navy and captured Narvik without firing a shot, bagged nearly 500 Norwegian soldiers, seized one of Norway’s major military depots, and even taken five armed British merchant ships and their crews. Read more
September 2012
WWII History
Sinking the Shokaku
By Johnd DomagalskiOn the morning of June 13, 1944, the brilliant new aircraft carrier Taiho weighed anchor and slowly moved out of Tawi-Tawi anchorage in the Sulu archipelago in the southwestern Philippines. Read more
September 2012
WWII History, Editorial
The Saga of the USS Phoenix
On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the Brooklyn-class light cruiser USS Phoenix lay at anchor southeast of Ford Island in the supposed safety of Pearl Harbor. Read more
September 2012
WWII History, Ordnance
A 3.7-Inch AT Gun? A Wartime What-If…
By Jon DiamondThe often see-saw action across the North African littoral from 1940-1942 was fostered in part by both the British and Axis forces racing to innovate and implement novel tactics and upgraded weaponry. Read more
September 2012
WWII History, Profiles
John Steinbeck in World War II
By Robert E. Cray, Jr.A fuming John Steinbeck vented his frustration over World War II to a friend on March 15, 1943. Read more
September 2012
WWII History, Top Secret
OSS in Germany
By John ManciniBy the autumn of 1944, most of Nazi-occupied Europe had been liberated by Allied forces. The conquering armies now faced the invasion of the German homeland. Read more
September 2012
WWII History, Insight
The First Day of World War II
By Michael D. HullJust after midnight on September 3, 1939, a stylish young former socialite from Boston, Massachusetts, made her way toward London aboard the Harwich boat train after crossing the English Channel. Read more
September 2012
WWII History, Books
D-Day Deception
By Al HemingwayAn odd assortment of spies was recruited by British intelligence to fool the Nazis as to the exact time and location of the Normandy landings. Read more
September 2012
WWII History, Games
E3 2012 Highlights
By Joseph LusterAnother year, another Electronics Entertainment Expo, aka E3. This year’s event was perhaps the most safely played yet, and while quite a few “future war”-style games were shown, there wasn’t a ton of World War II presence. Read more
