Remembering Jasenovac Concentration Camp
While the horrors of World War II concentration camps are well known, Jasenovac was considered—even by the Nazis—to have had especially hellish conditions.
Book Review: Seven Days in Hell
David O'Keefe relates the July 25, 1944, Battle of Verrières Ridge, a disastrous one for Canada's Black Watch Regiment
‘Never Forget’ Rose Created for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Centennial
“Having a rose named Never Forget will be a reminder and help to perpetuate the message that we must never forget; that we are united with and honor all those served and sacrificed on behalf of America in times of war and armed conflict"
Black Hawk’s Folly: Battle of the Sinkhole
In the last action linked to the War of 1812 Missouri Rangers cornered Sauk warriors atop a bluff overlooking the Mississippi floodplain
Book Review: First Platoon
Annie Jacobsen’s offers a cautionary tale about military reliance on biometric data and surveillance
Hallowed Ground: Mont-Ormel, France
Amid the 1944 Battle of Normandy the Polish 1st Armored Division stood up to a fleeing German army and paid a heavy price
A U.S. Marine on the Nile
George English resigned his commission, converted to Islam and joined an Egyptian campaign upriver to Nubia—but to what end?
Siluro a Lenta Corsa
On Dec. 19, 1941, Italian sailors slipped three of the manned torpedos into the port of Alexandria, Egypt, with devastating results
Devyatayev’s Flight: A Russian POW stole a German bomber and lived to tell the tale
A daring Russian fighter pilot faced perils from friend and foe when he decided to escape a concentration camp in a German Heinkel 111 bomber.
The Somers Mutiny: Justice From the Yardarms
In 1842 the captain of the brig USS Somers hanged three of his sailors for having plotted a mutiny—but had they?
March 2021 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about civilian victims of the Rhodesian Bush War, the Sherman tank and the Munich Agreement
Book Review: Empires of the Sky
Alexander Rose touches on the WWI zeppelin raids and how manned flight became a big business in the early 20th century
Under the Hammer: Charles Martel
Surging across the Pyrenees in the 7th century, Muslims faced an immovable Frankish foe in Charles Martel
Death Gorge: The Battle of Schmidt, 1944
The Battle of Schmidt in the Hürtgen Forest was among the worst American defeats of World War II.
Remembering the Siege of Leningrad, Lifted 77 Years Ago
Nazi Germany planned the horrors of Leningrad with more premeditated malice than many historians have previously realized
Russian Museum Honors Women War Heroes with Art Exhibit
Russia’s largest military history museum launched an art exhibit to honor female fighters from World War II
