WWII Battles
VIDEO: In Alaska, the 2nd Deadliest Battle of the Pacific
The Battle of Attu in May of 1943 was the only land battle of World War II fought on incorporated U.S. territory. It was the second deadliest battle in the Pacific Theater, after Iwo Jima, due largely to a failed last-ditch banzai charge.
WWII Battles
During Halsey’s Typhoon, Two Captains Fight A Stormy Fate
Among U.S. Navy Admiral Bill "Bull" Halsey's Third Fleet, two captains struggle to control their ships whilst in the eye of a whiplashing storm
WWII Battles
WWII Travel: Golitsyno, Russia
Golitsyno, Russia, will never forget the winter of December 1941. Author Bill Yenne explores the little-known battle site in the East.
WWII Battles
Fire for Effect: Road to Nowhere in Burma
"Despite the incredible constancy and valor of the men who fought there, maybe none of the great powers...had a clear understanding of what they were doing in Burma," muses columnist Robert M. Citino on the Allied role and their impact during the Burma campaign.
WWII Battles
Dunkirk and the Dunes
As France and Spain vied for the key port of Dunkirk in early 1658, England unexpectedly held the balance
WWII Battles
Allied Forces’ Fight for Air Superiority in James Holland’s “Big Week”
In the Netherlands, the Allies battle the Luftwaffe for air power just days before D-Day in author James Holland's latest book
WWII Battles
Pacific Tramps
The story of the B-17s that arrived over Hawaii during the Japanese attack has been told many times, but what happened to them?
WWII Battles
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Mustard Gas Medical Myth
Debunking the theory that chemotherapy came from a World War II tragedy.
WWII Battles
Shock of Combat Changed George H.W. Bush’s Life
In 1944, Japanese fire sent a future president into the Pacific
WWII Battles
Experience: A Marine at Guadalcanal
As they moved through the jungle, Roy H. Elrod and his men experienced some of World War II’s most savage combat conditions
