
WWII Quarterly Spring 2017
Battle of the Bulge Tank Duel On Christmas Eve
By Christopher MiskimonThe Battle of the Bulge is famously known as the largest battle fought by the U.S. Army in World War II. Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2017
The Battle of the Bulge is famously known as the largest battle fought by the U.S. Army in World War II. Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2017
By Joshua Donohue
“All hands have behaved splendidly and held up in a manner in which the Marine Corps may well tell.” Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2017
British General Sir Bernard Montgomery was given command of two Allied armies for the invasion of Normandy: Lt. Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2017
By Nathan N. Prefer
“But here are men who fought in gallant actions, as gallant AS ever hero’s fought,” wrote the poet Lord Byron (1788-1824). Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2017
By David Dean Barrett
More than seventy years after the fact, the use of atomic bombs by the United States in the final days of World War II remains one of the most controversial events of the 20th century. Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2017
By John Provan
Almost every American veteran has fond memories of a Track-Side Free Canteen, or a USO center at some train station or airport situated at locations around the world, or a “USO Camp Show” that provided entertainment close to the front lines, during every conflict since World War II. Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2017
On August 2, 1945, two weeks prior to Japan’s surrender, the highest ranking Japanese officer captured during the war in the Pacific was taken on the island of Morotai, Dutch New Guinea. Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2017
By Christopher Warner
March 24, 1945. The green light flashed from the C-47 tug plane, prompting the glider pilot being pulled behind it to release his tow rope over Landing Zone N, just east of the Rhine River. Read more