WWII History October 2017
Innovative Soviet Fighter Ace
By Christopher J. ChlonAccording to contemporary Soviet news sources, fighter Ace Alexander Pokryshkin was the most famous pilot in the Red Air Force during World War II. Read more
WWII History October 2017
“The Enemy Must Be Annihilated”
By Patrick J. Chaisson
It was an amphibious commander’s worst nightmare—swarms of enemy tanks, spitting death with every cannon shell and machine-gun burst, smashing through the American beachhead. Read more
WWII History October 2017
The Plot to Capture Rommel at Beda Littoria
By Michael D. HullOne night in mid-October 1941, a British Army intelligence officer disguised as a Senussi Arab was dropped by parachute behind the German lines in the Italian colony of Libya. Read more
WWII History October 2017
Wehrmacht Operation to Take Leningrad Aborted
By Pat McTaggartIt was called Nordlicht, or Northern Lights. With Hitler’s drive toward Stalingrad in full swing, the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW—German Armed Forces High Command) was also planning to end the almost year-long siege of Leningrad in a two-pronged attack to capture the city. Read more
WWII History October 2017
Clubmobile Gal
By Maureen HoltzDuring World War II, American women flocked to be a part of the war effort. They served as factory workers, government agency clerks, WAVES or WAACS, and artists copying propaganda posters. Read more
WWII History October 2017
The 12th Army Group Gets Going
By Steve Ossad
A few months after the Normandy campaign and with other fronts competing for the American public’s attention, Lt. Read more
WWII History October 2017
25 Missions Over Fortress Europe
By Kevin M. Hymel“Bombs away!”called out the bombardier of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber Great Speckled Bird, signaling the release of a full bombload over an enemy target. Read more
WWII History October 2017
Turning the Tide
By Michael E. HaskewIn October 1942, at an obscure railroad whistlestop in the wastes of the Egyptian desert, the tide of World War II turned. Read more
WWII History October 2017
The Last Days of the USS DeHaven
By John J. DomagalskiGeneral Alexander Patch had been thinking about moving some troops to the southwestern part of Guadalcanal since taking command of all American ground forces on the embattled island on December 9, 1942. Read more
WWII History October 2017
The USS Houston and the Battle of Sunda Strait
By A.B. FeuerThe heavy cruiser USS Houston ventured into the Sunda Strait off the coast of Java on the dark night of February 28, 1942, and was never heard from again. Read more
