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Going Rogue: The Imperial Japanese Army Launches a War

Robert M. Citino | Published: February 09, 2012 at 11:59 am
The Second Sino-Japanese War takes off, solidifying Emperor Hirohito's power and perhaps dooming Japan in World War II.

Patton: The German View

Harry Yeide | Published: January 30, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Popular knowledge is that the Germans so feared and admired the American general, they watched his every move. The truth is very different.

Alaska's Cutthroats

Samantha Seiple | Published: January 30, 2012 at 2:32 pm
When Japan captured a forbidding stretch of Alaskan soil, a group of tough-as-nails commandos led the charge to take it back

Why Eva Braun Deserves No Sympathy: Conversation with Heike Görtemaker

Richard Ernsberger Jr. | Published: January 30, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Sixty-seven years after her death, Eva Braun, the long-time mistress of Adolf Hitler, remains a mysterious figure. Heike G. Görtemaker, a German historian and author, attempts to add clarity to the life of a woman who met Hitler as …

What If Werner Heisenberg Had Been a Nazi?

Mark Grimsley | Published: January 30, 2012 at 2:25 pm
Today the name Werner Heisenberg means little, even to highly educated people. But on the eve of World War II, he was a Nobel laureate with a reputation as possibly the world's greatest atomic physicist. So when the community …

Ian Kershaw's The End

Alex Kershaw | Published: January 30, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Why Germany kept up the fight

Patton Cologne: The Smell of Victory

Aleta Burchyski | Published: January 30, 2012 at 2:22 pm
  Patton Men's Cologne 3.4 oz, $45. theamericaline.org. There is Patton the man: an avid student of history and fluent in French, but peacockish and hungry for combat and glory. Then there is Patton the symbol: a tough-love general …

Human Bullets: The Imperial Japanese Army

Robert M. Citino | Published: January 30, 2012 at 1:47 pm
Tracing the roots of the kamikaze to the Russo-Japanese war of 1904–1905

Keeping a Date with Chris Noel

Chris Noel | Published: January 12, 2012 at 6:21 pm
How a million GIs in Vietnam seduced one Hollywood starlet who was talking to them over the airwaves

Smackdown: Timoshenko and the Winter War

Robert M. Citino | Published: December 12, 2011 at 12:22 pm
I've already confessed my love of the Talvisota, the "Winter War," especially the opening phase in which the tiny Finnish army stood tall and smashed the initial Soviet invasion of their homeland. The Finns were a democratic people, fighting in …

Interview - John Rowan, Nat'l President, VVA

Vietnam magazine | Published: December 12, 2011 at 12:02 pm
As Vietnam vets get older, Rowan wants to ensure they know how VVA can help them obtain the benefits they deserve

White Death, Part 2: The Winter War

Robert M. Citino | Published: November 29, 2011 at 10:30 am
Last time out we were discussing the Winter War, the conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland during the winter of 1939–40. As we saw, a combination of Soviet bullying and Finland's refusal to be bullied had typical consequences for …

Ernie Harmon: The Other Patton

Carlo D'Este | Published: November 28, 2011 at 9:50 am
This great leader's uncommon boldness and unflinching judgment propelled his armored divisions to victory in Tunisa, Anzio, and the Ardennes

Miracle Men of Midway

Craig L. Symonds | Published: November 28, 2011 at 9:50 am
The American victory at Midway had more to do with bold leaders than lucky breaks

Conversation: Growing Up in Nazi Germany

Gene Santoro | Published: November 28, 2011 at 9:50 am
Author Frederic C. Tubach shares a glimpse of his childhood in the Third Reich

A Deserter Begs Eisenhower to Spare His Life

Published: November 28, 2011 at 9:50 am
By Eddie Slovik, the first and only American soldier to be officially executed for desertion since the Civil War
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