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Disaster in the Wilderness
By David A. NorrisCaptain Daniel Lienard de Beaujeu rushed to save the remote French outpost of Fort Duquesne in early July 1755. Read more
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“Manila’s Mata Hari”
By Sig UnanderIt is a usual evening at Club Tsubaki, wartime Manila’s most exclusive nightspot. On stage, a statuesque brunette in a clinging white dress, olive skin, and raven hair illuminated by a spotlight, is singing a “torch” song in a low, seductive voice, dark eyes flashing. Read more
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Uniform: Private in the 4th New York Regiment
By Don Troiani & William E. WelshHeadgear: Since leather caps were unavailable, the regiment was outfitted with felt hats trimmed with hair crests. Read more
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Still Fighting After Dunkirk
By Alan Davidge
Background: When the German army burst through Belgium’s Ardennes Forest in May 1940, it cut the Allies’ front line in half, then turned northwards through France towards the Channel coast. Read more
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Napoleon’s Last Victory
By Arnold BlumbergAt 2:30 am on June 15, 1815, tens of thousands of French soldiers around the town of Beaumont, France, were roused from their bivouacs. Read more
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Killing Ground at Colenso
By Alex ZakrzewskiOn the morning of December 15, 1899, the serene, windswept wilderness of northern Natal was punctuated by the sound of 18,000 British soldiers trudging north to relieve the besieged town of Ladysmith. Read more
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Operation Biting: ‘The Bruneval Raid’
By Nathan N. PreferBy January 1942, Britain was still in the fight of her life. Germany had occupied all western Europe, controlled the Mediterranean, and was threatening British colonies in North Africa. Read more
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Heroic Stand at Verdun
By Mark CarlsonThe morning of June 23, 1916, dawned over the broad crenellated valley of the Meuse River in northeastern France. Read more
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Wolfpack
By Joseph LusterSome World War II games give you control over an entire battlefield, or offer you an abundance of vehicular options that you can easily swap between at any given moment. Read more
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Royalist Reckoning at Naseby
By Joshua ShepherdLate on the evening of June 13, 1645, King Charles I convened a hurried council with senior officers of the Royalist army at the village of Market Harborough in England’s East Midlands. Read more
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Letters from Oblivion: Auschwitz and Buchenwald
By Katrina ShawverHenry Zguda, a Polish Catholic, spent three and a half years interned at Auschwitz and Buchenwald as a political prisoner. Read more
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Hitler’s Experience in the Trenches of the Great War
By Kirk A. FreemanIn the months before the outbreak of World War I, 25-year-old Adolf Hitler was living the starving artist’s life in the Bavarian city of Munich, selling his paintings door-to-door and in the city’s numerous beer halls. Read more
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Codebreaking Sergeant Richard
By Patrick J. ChaissonWewak Convoy 21 was being annihilated, and the Japanese Army could do nothing to stop it.
The first vessel to die was Yakumo Maru. Read more
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Ambush at Oriskany
By Eric NiderostThe young Oneida warrior paused, tensing as he spotted some activity in the forest just in front of him. Read more
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The 28th Infantry Division Stands
By Nathan N. PreferOn September 16, 1944, Adolf Hitler revealed his master plan for reversing Germany’s declining fortunes in the West during World War II. Read more
