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The Makeshift MP3008

cnewman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:20:45 +0000

The homely MP3008, a German submachine gun (SMG) produced in 1945, was a low point in the German tradition of innovation in close-range automatic weapons development.

Laurence Rees’s WWII Reading List

cnewman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:41 +0000

Laurence Rees, the British historian and documentary filmmaker, shares his reading list with World War II magazine.

Patrick Hitler Makes a Case to Fight the Reich

cnewman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:20:00 +0000

After the U.S. declared war on Germany William Patrick Hitler, the half-English nephew of Adolf Hitler, appealed directly to Franklin Roosevelt in his effort to join the U.S. military.

Hannah Pakula: A Biographer Traces the Rise of Madame Chiang Kai-shek

cnewman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:10:16 +0000

Hannah Pakula, acclaimed author of An Uncommon Woman, tells World War II magazine about her new book, The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China.

‘A White Man’s War’

kholland — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:25:17 +0000

William T. Sherman’s adamant refusal to field African-American troops amounted to outright insubordination

Why Cotton got to be King

kholland — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:27:36 +0000

The South’s cash crops buoyed America’s trade and industry before the war—but the planter economy could be as volatile as Wall Street

Born to Fight – Colonel Lewis Millett

GeraldS — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:53:13 +0000

A Vietnam magazine interview with Col. Lewis L. Millett, who served in two armies and three wars and was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading a bayonet charge in the Korean War.

Knowing Your Enemy in World War II

Robert M. Citino — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:59:53 +0000

Knowing your enemy is essential in war. In World War II, the Axis powers seemed to know very little about the enemy they were fighting.

Putting a face on the burden of war: Lincoln Face Morph

kholland — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:48:48 +0000

Worry over a nation torn apart etched itself in the visage of Abraham Lincoln.

LeMay’s Dream Bomber

smauro — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:14:11 +0000

The North American XB-70 Valkyrie was a long-range bomber that could reach deep into Soviet airspace, but it was compromised by a declining defense budget and improved surface-to-air missiles.