WWII History Late Winter 2014
Training Stalin’s Red Army Sharpshooters
By Kevin M. HymelSnipers played an important a role in World War II, just as much as any tank, airplane, or artillery piece. Read more
WWII History Late Winter 2014
USS Hugh W. Hadley: Surviving the Kamikazes of Okinawa
By Michael E. HaskewOnly 340 miles from the home island of Kyushu, the final objective of the American military surge across the Pacific during World War II, short of an invasion of Japan itself, was Okinawa in the Ryukyu archipelago. Read more
WWII History Late Winter 2014
Night of the Bloody Tiger: German Raid on a D-Day Exercise
By Michael D. HullOperation Bolero, the marshaling of Allied forces for the planned 1944 invasion of Normandy, was in full swing by late 1943, and much of England had been turned into a great armed camp. Read more
WWII History Late Winter 2014
M26 Pershing: Why America’s Heavy Tank Arrived Too Late for WWII
By Arnold Blumberg“We had been assured by our officers before we invaded France in 1944,” recorded Bill Harris, “that our Sherman tanks could take care of any Nazi armor we met there.” Read more
WWII History Late Winter 2014
How Many Japanese Planes Were Shot Down During Pearl Harbor?
By Tom YarboroughOn a serene Sunday morning the residents of Oahu enjoyed the dawning of another gorgeous day in paradise. Read more
WWII History Late Winter 2014
Alex Vraciu: U.S. Navy Ace, Philippines Guerrilla
By David SearsOn June 23, 1944, Lieutenant (j.g.) Alex Vraciu posed for a photo with Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher, commander of Task Force 58, aboard the aircraft carrier Lexington. Read more
WWII History Late Winter 2014
The Final Offensive
By David H. Lippman“It is very difficult to be an openly declared, courageous Nazi today, and to express one’s faith freely,” read the editorial in the Völkischer Beobachter newspaper, which further added, “We have no illusions now.” Read more
WWII History Late Winter 2014
Sinking the Wilhelm Gustloff
By Chuck LyonsSnow flurries swirled out of the darkness over the Baltic Sea. Chunks of ice floated on the water, and lookouts shivered at their posts. Read more
WWII History Late Winter 2014
Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies
by Joseph LusterIt wasn’t too long ago after players took their first test flights on Ace Patrol that Sid Meier’s team came out with Pacific Skies. Read more
WWII History Late Winter 2014
Nicholas Oresko Left a Brave Legacy.
By Mike HaskewOn October 4, 2013, Nicholas Oresko passed away in an Englewood, New Jersey hospital at the age of 96. Read more
