Hitler’s Two Armies
Despite rivalry and organizational differences, both the Waffen S.S. and the German Army were responsible for crimes against humanity during World War II.
Book Review: Legion Versus Phalanx
Myke Cole considers the historical clashes between formations of the Greek phalanx and Roman legion
Book Review: The Tango War
Mary Jo McConahay explores the shadowy world of covert operations in Latin America during World War II
July 2020 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about their fathers' World War II experiences and shipwrecks, while we mourn one of our own
Book Review: Audacious Missions of World War II
In this compendium Osprey Publishing relates 22 notable special operations of World War II
How the Munich Agreement Unleashed the “Butcher of Prague”
When Western powers allowed Nazi Germany to partition Czechoslovakia with the Munich Agreement of 1938, the country fell under the dominion of shadowy criminal mastermind Reinhard Heydrich, known as the “Butcher of Prague.”
Then and Now: Newtown Battlefield State Park
New York’s 372-acre Newtown Battlefield State Park has not changed much since the bloody August 1779 Battle of Newtown during the American Revolutionary War.
Germans and Russians Work Together to Discover Fates of War Dead
An exclusive interview by Military History magazine sheds light on historic bilateral cooperation between Russia and Germany.
First Female Ace: Lydia Litvyak
Soviet Air Forces Sr. Lt. Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak, known as the “White Lily of Stalingrad," was history’s first female fighter ace.
What We Learned From…The Battle of Zappolino, 1325
The 1325 War of the Bucket traces its origins to 1075, when a power struggle between the papacy and the Holy Roman empire degenerated into warfare.
