World War II
Jim Laurier |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:57 pm
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This infographic originally appeared in the July/August issue of World War II magazine.…
Carlo D'Este |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:56 pm
This leader never asked his men to do something he wouldn't—and didn't—do himself.
Ronald H. Bailey and Susan Zimmerman |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:56 pm
The frantic preparation behind the legendary 30 seconds over Tokyo.
Gene Santoro |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:56 pm
Ten years ago, retired teacher Hope Hamilton began a memoir about her two Italian uncles that turned into a groundbreaking book. Sacrifice on the Steppe: The Italian Alpine Corps in the Stalingrad Campaign 1942–43 is the first comprehensive exploration …
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:56 pm
Picks from the author of The Few, The Bedford Boys, and Escape from the Deep.
Gene Santoro |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Visit the gathering grounds of Europe's spies and refugees.
Stephen Budiansky |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Edward Steichen and his unit captured every side of naval life, from card games to storming beaches.
Alex Kershaw |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Brothers, Rivals, Victors
By Jonathan W. Jordan. 672 pp.
NAL Hardcover, 2011. $28.95.
Two factors mattered most in determining victory in Europe in World War II: the will to win, and the amount of materiel available to the warring …
Age of Airpower |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:55 pm
The Age of Airpower
By Martin van Creveld. 512 pp.
PublicAffairs, 2011. $35.
Martin van Creveld's work is always worth reading. Some of his books, most notably Supplying War and Hitler's Strategy: the Balkan Clue, are benchmarks that will …
Patrick Clark |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:55 pm
It's not often that a strategy game successfully manages to break free of the genre conventions. Historically, attempts to introduce action-shooter elements into strategy titles, or vice versa, have resulted in games that are either half-baked on both fronts …
Mark Grimsley |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:54 pm
In the earliest light of August 19, 1942, 6,080 Allied troops, most of them Canadian, attacked the Channel port of Dieppe, France. They had orders to hold the port for two tides—about 12 hours—before withdrawing. The assault began with landings …
Robert M. Citino |
Published: May 31, 2011 at 10:35 am
Being a historian of World War II puts you in touch with the most interesting people. It is a rare day that my email does not contain a message from someone I've never met before asking me a factual question …
Robert M. Citino |
Published: May 23, 2011 at 9:55 am
Regular readers of this column will know that I don't really get excited about war movies. I read a lot, research a lot, and write a lot, and there are only so many hours in the day. In a publishing …
Robert M. Citino |
Published: May 12, 2011 at 7:04 pm
The Louisiana Maneuvers in 1941 made a rising star of George S. Patton as the U.S. Army got ready to rumble.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: May 06, 2011 at 12:31 pm
In operational terms, America's three great maneuvers of 1941 used an approach would have been familiar to previous generations of U.S. field commanders, especially Union generals in the Civil War.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: April 28, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Last time out we began a discussion of the importance of studying maneuvers. They can tell a historian a lot about the way an army trains, about its policies and procedures, about what it intends to do once war breaks …
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