WWII History August 2013
George Preddy, Jr.: The USAAF’s Greatest P-51 Ace
By Kelly BellDarwin, Australia, was hot even though it was mid-winter. On the afternoon of July 12, 1942, four newly deployed pilots of the U.S. Read more
WWII History August 2013
Operation Plunder: Crossing the Rhine
By David Lippman“I am busy getting ready for the next battle,” Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery wrote his son David in early March 1945. Read more
WWII History August 2013
Magic in the Desert
By Jon DiamondIn July 1939, Archibald Wavell was named General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of Middle East Command with the rank of full general in the British Army. Read more
WWII History August 2013
Soviet Navy Over Berlin
By Victor KamenirOn July 22, 1941, exactly one month after invading the Soviet Union, German aviation conducted its first air strike on Moscow. Read more
WWII History August 2013
Patton’s Last Command
By Alexander LovelaceThe October light was beginning to fade as the U.S. Army limousine sped along the autobahn in the American Zone of Occupied Germany. Read more
WWII History August 2013
Perilous Rescue of the SS Cape San Juan
By Eric NiderostThe giant Martin PBM-3R “Mariner” landed with a kind of swanlike grace, its stubby bow parting the waters, transforming them into a series of white and foamy ripples that radiated from the seaplane’s wake. Read more
WWII History August 2013
Deep Strike on Augsburg
By Allyn VannoyIn the spring of 1942, the Allies were hard pressed battling German U-boats in the Atlantic as Britain was struggling to feed its people. Read more
WWII History August 2013
Daring Raid on Algiers Harbor
By Christopher MiskimonIn November 1942, the Anglo-American invasion of North Africa, Operation Torch, caused a short but intense conflict with French forces loyal to the Vichy regime in power on the European mainland. Read more
