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
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
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
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
Book Review: Airmen of Arnhem
Martin W. Bowman relates the hazards airmen faced during Operation Market Garden, the ill-fated Allied attempt to shorten World War II
America’s First Armored Victory Came at a Time When Loss Was the Norm
Why an obscure tank clash in the Philippines during World War II deserves a place in history.
Book Review: The War for the Seas
Evan Mawdsley examines maritime warfare across all combat theaters of World War II
Battle of Britain: The ‘Few’ Four Score On
Conventional wisdom holds “The Few” handed Nazi Germany its first defeat in World War II and set the Allies on the road to ultimate victory. But is that true?
Michel Paradis: War and Justice
Michel Paradis relates the 1942 Doolittle Raid against Japan, its repercussions and the fates of those who undertook it
The Allies’ Billion-dollar Secret: The Proximity Fuze of World War II
An engineering triumph developed under strict wartime secrecy, the proximity fuze vastly increased the lethality of anti-aircraft guns and field artillery.
Book Review: The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson relates the heroic saga of Winston Churchill’s Britain during the 1940–41 Nazi Blitz
Book Review: Crucible of Hell
Saul David recalls Operation Iceberg, the grueling and horrific 1945 campaign to capture Okinawa
Hawker Hurricane Mark I
The Hawker Hurricane accounted for more than half of the 2,741 aerial victories claimed by RAF Fighter Command during the 1940 Battle of Britain
