World War II
Robert M. Citino |
Published: May 21, 2012 at 11:09 am
When the battlefield is 450,000 square miles of deep blue sea, strength can count for a whole lot less.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: May 02, 2012 at 5:09 pm
The most harrowing moments of the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot came after the battle. Plus: enter to win a copy of the Wehrmacht Retreats.
Jim Laurier |
Published: April 23, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Mobile, dependable, and versatile
Published: April 23, 2012 at 11:18 am
A Writer at War
Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941–1945
Vasily Grossman, edited and translated by Antony Beevor and Luba Vinogradova (2006)
"Grossman was a war correspondent for the Red Army newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda. His long-banned doorstop of a …
Patrick Clark |
Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:53 am
Memoir '44 is distinctive in a way rare to most videogames: it's one of only a handful that my girlfriend has ever really enjoyed, let alone wanted to play again. Made by longtime board game maker Days of Wonder, …
Dennis Showalter |
Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:52 am
Dennis Showalter reviews the best new book on Kursk
Richard Frank |
Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:51 am
Rich Frank reviews a new bio on the man behind Midway
Mark Grimsley |
Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:51 am
On May 13, 1940, Winston Churchill addressed the House of Commons in his first speech as prime minister. "I would say to the House," he declaimed, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." He predicted …
Laurence Rees |
Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:50 am
There are many people who think that there was some kind of uniquely German gene that made millions succumb to Hitler. But if, as I did, these people had the chance to meet Karl Boehm-Tettlebach, who worked for Hitler …
John D. Lukacs |
Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:49 am
Soon after my arrival on steamy Singapore, I swore I heard bagpipes—faint, haunting skirls that, in my mind, were fading echoes from the past. The scenery, the tropical weather, the history of the island—all invoked in me a strange …
Andrew Carroll |
Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:49 am
On March 19, 1944, Allied warplanes blew up a German U-boat off the coast of the Cape Verde Islands, killing 47 of its 55 crewmen. Among the survivors was the submarine's Austrian commander, Gunter Leopold, who was picked up by …
Alex Kershaw |
Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:48 am
Three legendary war correspondents—Robert Capa, Ernie Pyle, and Ernest Hemingway—scramble to cover the Allied advance across France.
Bill Sloan |
Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:47 am
Once a haven, the island fortress of Corregidor became its own brand of hell following the fall of Bataan
Andrew Curry |
Published: April 22, 2012 at 3:15 pm
As Poland's underground army struggled to pry the Germans from their capital, Stalin sat back and let the Rising fail.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: April 17, 2012 at 2:33 pm
The men of the Marianas Turkey Shoot thought they were flying to their deaths.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: April 04, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Sometimes, we historians are our own worst enemies. We get a word or a phrase in mind and we wring it for all its worth. My own specialty–German military history–has a boatload of terms we should probably retire. Foremost among …
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