October 2010
WWII History
John Parks: The Face of Battle
By Bill WarnockDuring the closing days of 1944, editors at the London edition of Stars and Stripes decided to select a frontline GI as “Our Man of the Year.” Read more
October 2010
Volume 9, No. 7
Cover: A German infantryman hurls a grenade in an apparently posed photo taken during the invasion of Poland, September 5, 1939.
Photo: ullstein bild / The Granger Collection, New York
October 2010
WWII History
A Submariner’s Letter From World War II
By Robert Schultz with James ShellBy Christmas 1941, Robert Hunt, torpedoman on the submarine USS Tambor, had witnessed the Japanese bombing of Wake Island, had slept in the Tambor’s forward torpedo room on the way back to Pearl with a bomb-induced leak bubbling in the corner, and had stood on his sub’s bow and seen the devastation of Battleship Row as debris in the oil-slicked harbor bumped against the hull. Read more
October 2010
WWII History
Rommel’s Ghost Division
By Dr. Michael RinellaThe appointment of Erwin Rommel as commander of the 7th Panzer Division (nicknamed the “Ghost Division”) in February 1940 seems, in the light of his many triumphs in France and North Africa, an unremarkable and perfectly natural choice. Read more
October 2010
WWII History
The Incessant Rains of the Green Inferno
By Al HemingwayAs dawn broke on December 26, 1943, the unmistakable silhouettes of American warships could be easily seen by the Japanese defenders on New Britain Island. Read more
October 2010
WWII History, Editorial
Adolf Hitler’s Time in Landsberg Prison
By Michael HaskewWhen the Nazi party attempted to seize power in the Bavarian capital of Munich in November 1923, a number of Adolf Hitler’s brown-shirted ruffians were killed or injured when the right-wing marchers were confronted by troops loyal to the government. Read more
October 2010
WWII History, Dispatches
Lieutenant Creswell Garlington
Dear Editor:
I would like to commend you, your staff, and Mr. Frank Chadwick on the excellent article entitled “King Company at Bloody Lindern” in the June/July edition of WWII History. Read more
October 2010
WWII History, Profiles
Dream of the Polish Eagle
By Blaine Taylor”The subject of Poland is by far the most complex of all the problems to be considered,” the American delegation to the Paris Peace Conference at Versailles was told in 1919, as it was preparing to sort out the incredible mess in European affairs following the end of World War I. Read more
October 2010
WWII History, Ordnance
What Made the Dreaded Type 89 Knee Mortar So Damaging
By Robert CashnerWhen it came to weapons production, the Imperial Japanese Army’s requirements often came in second to the needs of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Read more
October 2010
WWII History, Insight
Sitzkrieg on the Western Front
By Michael HullWithin hours of the entry of Great Britain and France into World War II on September 3, 1939, the British liner SS Athenia was sunk by a German U-boat off the northwestern coast of Ireland, with the loss of 112 dead, including 28 American citizens. Read more
October 2010
WWII History, Top Secret
German Military’s Emissary for Peace
By Jon DiamondMany accounts have been written about the peace mission flight of Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess and his parachute landing in a farm field in Scotland in May 1941 to discuss with the Duke of Hamilton a proposal to end hostilities. Read more
October 2010
WWII History, Books
Top German Strategist
By Al HemingwayWhen British military historian and strategist B.H. Liddell Hart interviewed high-ranking German Army officers after the World War II had ended, almost to the man they agreed that one individual stood head and shoulders above everyone else—Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein. Read more
October 2010
WWII History, Simulation Gaming
Pearl Harbor Trilogy: Red Sun Rising
By Joseph LusterThe concept of a beefy but downloadable Wii dogfighting series seems like a surefire bet. Though visual flare isn’t necessarily one of the strong suits of Nintendo’s console, there are other more valuable assets that work well for the genre: namely, motion controls. Read more
