WWII Quarterly Spring 2022 Archives

Weary of fighting, a Japanese soldier raises his hands in surrender at Roi-Namur as a companion begins climbing out of a hole near the center of this photograph. These are two of only a handful of Japanese troops that survived the fighting on Roi-Namur, choosing surrender rather than suicide. A wary Marine covers the prisoner with his rifle, taking no chances.

WWII Quarterly Spring 2022

4th Marine Division in the Marshall Islands: First Time Under Fire

By Cleve C. Barkley

As 1943 drew to a close, Admiral Chester Nimitz’s Central Pacific campaign was gaining momentum. His forces had taken the Gilbert Islands that November and now targeted the Marshall Islands as the next step on the long road to Tokyo. Read more

With armor support, Red Army soldiers advance toward a burning farmhouse in the rugged Carpathian Mountain region. Hitler thought that the Soviet counteroffensive had run out of steam—but he was wrong.

WWII Quarterly Spring 2022

The Battle of Targul Frumos: A Defensive Stand on the Eastern Front

By Pat McTaggart

May 1, 1944. Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Stepanovich Konev had a right to be pleased with himself and his men as he gazed at the maps spread before him. Read more

4th Marine Division in the Marshall Islands: First Time Under Fire

The Battle of Targul Frumos: A Defensive Stand on the Eastern Front

From Around the Network

Thomas Custer Fought and Died with His Brother at Little Big Horn

Emperor Trajan of Rome

‘Goosebumps’: Flint Whitlock Visits the D-Day Invasion Landings

Teutonic Knights Under Ulrich Fight The Strategic Battle of Tannenberg