WWII History December 2019
How The RAF’s Eagle Squadrons Joined the Eighth Air Force
By David Alan Johnson“We went to London in ones and twos during our precious 24-hour passes to transfer and pick up our U.S. Read more
WWII History December 2019
What Made the B-25 Mitchell Bomber so Legendary
By Michael D. HullLittle more than four months after the disastrous attack on Pearl Harbor, America went on the offensive against Japan with one of the boldest and best remembered bomber raids of World War II. Read more
WWII History December 2019
Daring British Attack on Meiktila
By Mike PhiferWhile the soldiers and officers of the Japanese 15th Army fought fiercely to defend Mandalay in central Burma, they were alarmed to discover that British and Indian troops were dangerously close to attacking their supply depot at Meiktila, 90 miles to their rear. Read more
WWII History December 2019
The Film and Battle of San Pietro
By Michael E. Haskew
The monotonous rattle and snap of the film projector provided a steady accompaniment to the images flickering across the screen in the darkened room. Read more
WWII History December 2019
Adolf Hitler and the Euthanasia Connection
By Charles W. SasserWorld War II, the deadliest military conflict in history, claimed the lives of nearly four percent of the Earth’s 1940 census. Read more
WWII History December 2019
The Story of Ruby Boye, Australia’s Only Female Coastwatcher
By Patrick J. ChaissonFor Australian coastwatcher Ruby Boye, an Allied agent stationed on the South Pacific island of Vanikoro, it started much like any other morning. Read more
WWII History December 2019
The Story of Bill Millin, Lord Lovat’s Mad Piper of Sword Beach
By Michael D. HullIt was the evening of Monday, June 5, 1944, and an armada of almost 5,000 ships stood off the southern coast of England, primed and ready for the greatest amphibious invasion in history. Read more
WWII History December 2019
German Admiral Raeder’s Navy Raiders
By Mark CarlsonOn the nights of August 21 and 24, 1939, two dark ships slipped out of the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven and turned west toward the English Channel. Read more
WWII History December 2019
Hitler’s Bold Attack at Mortain
By David H. LippmanFor once, the ULTRA message came late. Normally, the decoding machines and hard-working British cryptographers at Bletchley Park had an abundance of German Army messages to go through, but in the first days in August 1944, the German panzer divisions had gone to radio silence, which suggested they were going to attack, but not in which direction. Read more
WWII History December 2019
Was Justice Served After the Malmedy Massacre?
By Michael E. HaskewIt was a dismal day, Sunday, December 17, 1944, just hours after the Germans had broken through the thinly held American lines in the Ardennes Forest along rugged terrain of the Western Front. Read more
WWII History December 2019
Midway Air Hero Remembered
The carriers weren’t there.
Lieutenant Commander Wade McClusky looked out over the Pacific Ocean from the cockpit of his Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber and saw nothing. Read more
WWII History December 2019
A Classic Game Returns in Commandos 2 HD Remaster
By Joseph LusterFans who have been into real-time strategy games for a while likely recall Commandos 2: Men of Courage, which first touched down on PC back in 2001, followed by PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2002 and Mac OS X in 2005. Read more
