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.
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.
