WWII History January 2010
Torpedo Squadron 8: Their Heroic Flight at the Battle of Midway
By John DomagalskiThe pilots of Bombing Squadron 6 could not believe what they were seeing on the morning of June 4, 1942. Read more
WWII History January 2010
Operation Pedestal: The Rescue of Malta
By Michael D. HullLocated 58 miles south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, the rocky, 122-square-mile island of Malta was the hinge upon which all Allied operations in the Middle East turned during the first half of World War II. Read more
WWII History January 2010
The Teller Mine and other German WWII Land Mines: The Hidden Danger
By Alan VannoyGerman Teller mines were insidious weapons—killing or maiming thousands of Allied soldiers and civilians. The Wehrmact employed others, too, to great effect during the Second World War. Read more
WWII History January 2010
Black POWs Under the Nazis
By G. Paul GarsonOn May 13, 1940, the German army invaded France, crossing the River Meuse at Sedan. Upon France’s capitulation, the Franco-German armistice was signed on June 22, and a portion of France was placed under German occupation, with the remaining area ostensibly left to its own, with the Vichy collaborationist government in control. Read more
WWII History January 2010
Italy’s North African Misadventure
By Walter S. ZapotocznyWhen most people think of the Italian Army in North Africa during World War II, they tend to believe that the average Italian soldier offered little resistance to the Allies before surrendering. Read more
WWII History January 2010
Thin Line of Air Defense
By Herb KugelIn the 40 minutes between 7:50 and 8:30 am, on April 5, 1942, Royal Air force pilot Don McDonald experienced his air base being bombed in a Japanese surprise air raid that should never have been a surprise. Read more
WWII History January 2010
Driant: Fighting on the Face of the Moon
By Kevin M. HymelBefore retreating from Fort Driant, Private Tom Tucker lit the fuse on 6,000 pounds of explosives. “We pulled the fuse lighter and took off,” recalled Tucker. Read more
WWII History January 2010
Hell on New Britain
By Adam LynchThe American effort to neutralize the big Japanese air-sea base at Rabaul on the island of New Britain in the South Pacific was heating up, and 18-year-old aviation radioman John Kepchia was about to feel the heat. Read more
WWII History January 2010
The Abwehr’s Man in Havana
By Peter KrossIn espionage fiction, there are three types of spies. The first is the suave, dapper James Bond, 007, license to kill, a hit with the ladies. Read more
