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World War II Magazine
Werner Kurkowski already knew the war was lost when he was dropped into the maelstrom of Monte Cassino. Nevertheless, the young German paratrooper fought on with grim determination in a battle of attrition that ground his unit into dust....
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World War II Magazine
As any buff knows, the term “World War II” is something of a misnomer. In fact, the conflict consisted of several great wars taking place at the same time, culminating by 1945 in one horrific symphony of destruction. It is customary...
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World War II Magazine
On June 22, 1941, the first day of the German invasion of Russia, the Luftwaffe took advantage of beautiful weather to attack targets deep in enemy territory. Playing a big part in the initial onslaught were Messerschmitt Me-109E fighters...
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World War II Magazine
In 2012 film Rommel, the myth of the famous German general as an apolitical figure falls apart...
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World War II Magazine
"Battle Films"columnist Mark Grimsley takes on the movie that made the myth behind German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel...
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World War II Magazine
Wealth, night clubs, decadent balls. Author Susan Gould write how socialite Florence Gould had it all—and did anything to keep it when war came to France. ...
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World War II Magazine
Historian Edith Sheffer’s delves into the horrors of Spiegelgrund, a children's hospital where a doctor named Hans Asperger focused his efforts on children whose “deviant behavior”mfailed to conform to the Nazi Aryan ideology....
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MHQ Magazine
On the outer wall of St. John’s Cathedral in the Stare Miasto, Warsaw’s Old Town, a peculiar memorial exists in the form of a miniature caterpillar track. This is a relic from some of the most unusual additions to Germany’s World War...
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World War II Magazine
Author and scholar Stephen G. Fritz reexamines the myth behind the portrayal of Hitler as a bumbling military officer ...
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World War II Magazine
In the Netherlands, the Allies battle the Luftwaffe for air power just days before D-Day in author James Holland's latest book...
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World War II Magazine
Survivor Ray Downs tells the story of how he almost lost his family at sea after a German U-Boat attack during World War II. ...
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Aviation History Magazine
In 1918 the future Luftwaffe leader and Nazi war criminal was a 22-victory fighter ace and German war hero ...
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MHQ Magazine
Germany built a ship that could outgun anything it couldn’t outrun. In 1940 it started hunting its prey...
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MHQ Magazine
“I began my mission in wartime France as a British secret agent. My job was to recruit, arm, and train a secret French force to carry out sabotage and harassment…”
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World War II Magazine
Rebecca Erbelding has mined storehouses of records, and tells the stories of the War Refugee Board's exploits in a clear and compelling way....
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World War II Magazine
Travel writer Mark D. Van Ells explores Louisiana’s World War II training grounds...
