“Last to Die,” 75 Years Ago: Last American Killed in Combat in World War II
August 18 marks the 75th anniversary of the death of the last American service member killed in combat in World War II.
Book Review: Normandy ’44
James Holland outlines the complexities of the 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy, history's largest amphibious operation
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.
75 Years Since Hiroshima: Atomic Bomb Photos
75 years after the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan in 1945, Military History shares a closer look at atomic bombs with a stunning image gallery showing nuclear weapons testing.
Book Review: Legion Versus Phalanx
Myke Cole considers the historical clashes between formations of the Greek phalanx and Roman legion
Humble Hero: Hiroshi Miyamura
Against all odds, Japanese American U.S. Army Cpl. Hiroshi Miyamura received America’s highest decoration for military valor during the Korean War.
Light Frigate USS Essex
The American frigate saw action against the French and Barbary pirates before falling into British hands amid the War of 1812
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
Wheels of War
From its playful origin as a "dandy horse" for idle Europeans, the bicycle has taken on increasingly serious military applications
Nina Willner: Author, Spy, Advocate
An American whose family suffered behind the Iron Curtain, Willner worked against Soviet totalitarianism as a Cold War intel officer
Warplanes of a Different Stripe
A tragic 1943 friendly fire incident in Sicily prompted development of aircraft identification markings that saved countless lives on D-Day
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.
