WWII Quarterly Spring 2020
Museums: The UDVAR-HAZY Center
Anyone traveling to Washington, DC, should take the time to head west to Chantilly, Virginia (near Dulles International Airport), and visit the Steven F. Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2020
Banzai
By Colonel Dick Camp (USMC, Ret.)In the summer of 1944, the 5th Amphibious Corps under Marine Lt. Gen. Holland M. Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2020
The Grumman F4F Wildcat was a Rugged, Lethal Tool for the U.S. Navy
By Joseph Frantiska, Jr.From the time of the Wright brothers, the vast majority of aircraft were biplanes with two wings stacked one above the other. Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2020
The F-4U Corsair
By William F. Floyd Jr.On December 4, 1950, Jesse Brown, U.S. Navy Ensign and the Navy’s first African American aviator, was flying 1,000 feet above the icy Korean mountains in his Corsair when its engine cut out. Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2020
Death of a Nazi Princess
It seems that every month there is a news item that relates to World War II. Here’s one you may have missed:
Gudrun Margarete Elfriede Emma Anna Himmler Burwitz, the true-believing daughter of Heinrich Himmler, head of the dreaded SS and one of Adolf Hitler’s closest henchmen, died in or near Munich last year. Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2020
The Largest Kamikaze: The Battleship Yamato At Okinawa
By Nathan N. PreferIt was the largest warship ever built up to that time. It carried larger guns than any warship before it. Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2020
“It’s All Over, Over Here”
By Flint WhitlockOn Tuesday, May 8, 1945, a strange sound was heard across all of Europe—the sound of silence. It was as if someone had suddenly flipped the war switch to “Off.” Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2020
Uncle Sam’s Aircraft Manufacturing Muscle Ensured Victory
By Mason B. Webb
For the major combatants, World War II marked an unprecedented effort to manufacture a wide variety of military hardware: ships, vehicles, aircraft, guns, and much more—all within a short amount of time. Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2020
American Women Answered the Call of Duty
By Susan ZimmermanOn December 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The next day, the United States declared war on the Empire of Japan, and the following day President Franklin D. Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2020
Solving the D-Day Mystery at “Dead Man’s Corner”
By Niels Henkemans with Sean Claxton and Charles C. Roberts, Jr.“Dead Man’s Corner,”at a road junction south of Saint-Côme-du-Mont, has become one of Normandy’s most famous landmarks. Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2020
The Battle for Brittany Tested America’s Tactical Doctrine
By William G. DennisIn Eisenhower’s Lieutenants, eminent historian Stanley Weintraub wrote that communications in the 1800s between America’s scattered frontier garrisons were slow, which encouraged a tradition of individual initiative in the American army. Read more
WWII Quarterly Spring 2020
The Allies’ Strong Stand Atop Mortain
by Kevin HymelA German SS officer, holding a white flag of truce, walked through the American lines and up to a tall lieutenant from Texas. Read more
