Summer 2025
WWII History, Editorial
Himmler’s Capture
During the last days of the Third Reich and the immediate aftermath of World War II in Europe, the Allied hunt for the high-ranking Nazis closest to the Führer was vigorous. Read more
Summer 2025
Volume 24, No. 2
Cover: A GI poses with his trusty M-1 Garand in January 1943. Photo: National Archives.
Summer 2025
WWII History, Weapons
The B-32 Dominator
By John E. SpindlerSergeant Anthony Marchione, an aerial photographer, felt vulnerable as the Japanese fired on the aircraft he was aboard for this August 18, 1945 sortie. Read more
Summer 2025
WWII History, Profiles
Marine Lieutenant George Cannon
By Edward F. MurphyMarine Lieutenant George Cannon flinched instinctively as a barrage of shells erupted short of the sandy beach with a violent roar, sending columns of water and sand soaring into the air. Read more
Summer 2025
WWII History, Insight
Vera Lynn
By Alan DavidgeAnother concert in a hospital ward for more British soldiers–this time for wounded from the front line near Kohima, brought down to Dimapur for treatment. Read more
Summer 2025
WWII History, Books
14 World War II Book Reviews for Summer 2025
By Christopher Miskimon Full ReviewsLeyte Gulf: A New History of the World’s Largest Sea Battle (Mark Stille, Osprey Books, Oxford UK, 2025, 320 pp., Read more
Summer 2025
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
The Mighty Eighth VR
By Joseph LusterIt may be harrowing to experience for many, especially in such an intimate way, but it remains surprising that there aren’t more World War II-based virtual reality games out there. Read more
Summer 2025
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
Kaiserpunk
By Joseph LusterVeering off of our current timeline, developer Overseer Games’ Kaiserpunk takes aim at an alternate history that noticeably split from our reality after the end of World War I. Read more
Summer 2025
WWII History
The Assault on PillBox Hill
By Daniel R. ChampagneStaff Sergeant Audie Murphy advanced inland from the beaches of southern France with his rifle platoon until, near the small town of Ramatuelle, intense machine-gun and small-arms fire from a boulder covered hill forced them to hit the dirt. Read more
Summer 2025
WWII History
The Road to War
By John WukovitsAdmiral William F. Halsey had never seen such destruction. Making matters worse, the harm had been inflicted on his beloved Navy inside one of its strongholds—the Pacific bastion of Pearl Harbor. Read more
Summer 2025
WWII History
Operation Nordwind: The Last Offensive
By David H. LippmanSnow and biting cold covered American foxholes in the Vosges and the Alsace plain as GI wristwatches ticked down the last hours of December 31, 1944, awaiting the German attack. Read more
Summer 2025
WWII History
Italian Convoy Intercepted
By Glenn BarnettBy April 1941, Great Britain had been at war for 19 months. Although nurtured and nourished by her empire, she took all the body blows from an increasingly vicious enemy. Read more
Summer 2025
WWII History
The Garand ‘Ping’
By John BrylorAn iconic infantry weapon of World War II, the M-1 Garand rifle developed a reputation for placing substantial firepower in the hands of a single soldier. Read more
Summer 2025
WWII History
Daylight Mission to Bremen
By Joseph M. HorodyskiThe average American airman in World War II faced some tough challenges. Products of the Great Depression, roughly 50 percent of those who fought the war came from rural America. Read more
Summer 2025
WWII History
Opening Battle of World War II
By Peter ZablockiThe fog that descended over the Westerplatte peninsula in the Bay of the Free City of Danzig, Poland, on August 31, 1939, refused to lift as if trying to stop the night from making way for a new day. Read more
