The aviation-themed massively multiplayer game Heroes in the Sky promises to steal your time, […]
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Movie: Winter in Wartime
Winter in Wartime (Oorlogswinter) Directed by Martin Koolhoven. 2008; opens in the U.S. March […]
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Max Gadney’s Reading List
Favorite World War II books from the creator of our popular “Weapon’s Manual” feature.
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What If America’s “Arsenal of Democracy” Had Failed to Materialize?
No number of errors in mobilization could have throttled the increase in U.S. production, but serious blunders were still possible.
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Hitler’s Vienna
The former führer dreamed of contributing to the arts of Vienna. Instead, reminders of suffering remain for tourists today.
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The Bolshevik Who Believed in Tanks
Mikhail Tukhachevsky’s new “deep battle” tank doctrine allowed the Soviets to smash German armor at Kursk and thereafter
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Timothy Snyder Provides the First Comprehensive Look at Atrocities in Eastern Europe
“I’ve been thinking about this for 20 years,” says Timothy Snyder, a leading historian […]
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A Forward Artillery Observer Records His Darkest Experiences—So Far
By September 1944, 23-year-old lieutenant Erwin Blonder had seen enough of war to want […]
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‘Howlin’ Mad’ WWII Marine General Goes to War with Army
When a Marine general fired an Army general on Saipan, all hell broke loose
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Triumph at Kasserine Pass
How the U.S. Army wrung victory from one of their worst defeats