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Was the USS Monitor the most revolutionary technological development of the American Civil War?

Ordinary Marines: Guadalcanal’s Lonely Patrol During World War II

An unsung unit patched together from a depleted battalion of 2nd Division leathernecks cleared the way for the legendary Carlson’s Raiders on Guadalcanal.

Lost Prison Interview with Hermann Göring: The Reichsmarschall’s Revelations

Does Pointe du Hoc Still Matter?

Interview with Rolf Hertenstein: A World War II Panzerman in Poland and France

MASSACRE AT MALM&EACUTE;

Massacre At Malmédy During the Battle of the Bulge
By carefully separating fact from fiction, a clearer picture emerges of the events surrounding the infamous execution of American POWs during the Battle of the Bulge.

RICHARD "DICK" WINTERS

Dick Winters: Reflections on the Band of Brothers, D-Day and Leadership
Major Richard "Dick" Winters of "Band of Brothers" fame speaks candidly about the men and actions of Easy Company and reflects on D-Day and the lessons he learned about leadership.

WAR IN EUROPE

Operation Bagration: Soviet Offensive of 1944
In size, scope -- and results -- Operation Bagration, the Soviet offensive of 1944, made the Normandy landings look like a mere scuffle.

	Battle of Hürtgen Forest
	World War II: Desperate Hours at Kesternich
	Battle of Stalingrad: Operation Winter Tempest
	Battle of the Seelow Heights
	Battle of the Bulge: U.S. Troops Fight at Elsenburn Ridge
	Battle of Wingen-sur-Moder
	Field Marshall Erwin Rommel's Defense of Normandy During World War II

WAR IN THE PACIFIC

Battle of Okinawa: Operation Iceberg
The American invasion of Okinawa was the largest amphibious assault of World War II. It was also the last.

	Battle of Okinawa: The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War
	Battle of Bougainville: 37th Infantry Division's Battle for Hill 700
	Battle of Rennell Island: Setback in the Solomons
	Battle of the Aleutian Islands: Recapturing Attu
	Battle of the Komandorski Islands: Close Call in the Aleutians During World War II
	Gilbert Islands Campaign: Capturing Makin Atoll

NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN

World War II: North Africa Campaign
Overwhelming Allied manpower and materiel tipped the balance in the long North African campaign.

	World War II: Cutting General Erwin Rommel's Aerial Lifeline to North Africa
	Hans Klein Recalls His Time in Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps
	Operation Torch: Allied Invasion of North Africa
	Operation Torch: Sub-Task Force Goalpost Capture Port Lyautey
	Raid on Rommel's Railroad in Tunisia During World War II
	Battle for Kasserine Pass: 1st Armored Division Were Ambushed by the Afrika Corps at Sidi Bou Zid

D-DAY

D-Day: U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division's Desperate Hours on Omaha Beach
As soldiers of the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division leaped from their landing craft into the choppy waters off Omaha Beach, many cursed the landing-craft pilots who had deposited them too far away from the invasion beach.

	Does Pointe du Hoc Still Matter?
	D-Day: 6th Airborne Division's Glider Four Encountered An Unexpected Turn of Events
	D-Day: Interview with Two U.S. 2nd Ranger Battalion Two Members Describe the Attack at Pointe-du-Hoc
	World War II: Double Agent's D-Day Victory

NAVAL BATTLES

Battle of Guadalcanal: First Naval Battle in the Ironbottom Sound
Like weary boxers, the opposing forces slugged it out with one another in Ironbottom Sound.

	Battle of Badoeng Strait: World War II Naval Duel off Bali
	Battle of Cape Matapan: World War II Italian Naval Massacre
	Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: Turning Point in the Pacific War
	Battle of the Philippine Sea: Operation A-Go

COMMANDS

World War II: 101st Airborne Division Holds the Line Along Hell's Highway
As the 101st Airborne Division secured Eindhoven and Veghel at the start of Operation Market-Garden, its battles in Holland were only just beginning.

	U.S. Army's 90th Infantry Division: The Tough Hombres' Battle in Normandy
	U.S.-Canadian 1st Special Service Force in World War II
	World War II: 101st Airborne Division Participate in Operation Overlord
	World War II: 761st Tank Battalion

AIRBORNE OPERATIONS

Operation Market Garden: History's Greatest Airborne Assault
It was hoped that Operation Market Garden would shorten the war, but the largest airborne operation of World War II failed in its main objectives.

	Airborne Operations During World War II
	Operation Varsity: Allied Airborne Assault Over the Rhine River
	Jimmy Doolittle and the Tokyo Raiders Strike Japan During World War II
	World War II: 463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion in the Battle of Bastogne
	World War II: Eighth Air Force Raid on Schweinfurt

FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS

Harry Popham Recalls the Attack of the USS Princeton During the Battle for Leyte Gulf
A tremendous explosion in Leyte Gulf on October 24, 1944, broke the American light carrier USS Princeton in two and devastated the light cruiser USS Birmingham.

	World War II: Eyewitness to the Raid on Magdeburg
	World War II: Eyewitness to the Raid on Ploesti
	World War II: Lloyd L. Kessler Recalls His Time in the 209th Engineer Combat Battalion in Burma
	Oscar Friedensohn Recalls Leading an Assault Boat Across the Rhine River During World War II

ACE PILOTS: INTERVIEWS & STORIES

Pappy Boyington: Interview with the U.S. World War II Ace
U.S. Marine ace Pappy Boyington is as well known for his flamboyant personality as for his flying skills.

	Aviation History: Interview with World War II Soviet Ace Ivan Kozhedub
	Hiroyoshi Nishizawa: Japan's World War II Ace of Aces
	Interview with Retired Brig. General Robert L. Scott - American World War II Ace Pilot and Hero
	Aviation History: Interview with World War II Luftwaffe Ace Günther Rall
	World War II: Interview with Czech Ace Frantisek Perina
	Lance Wade: World War II RAF Ace Fighter Pilot
	Hermann Graf: World War II Luftwaffe Ace Pilot

INTERVIEWS

Lost Prison Interview with Hermann Göring: The Reichsmarschall’s Revelations
A long-overlooked interview with imprisoned Nazi Hermann Göring provides a window on Hitler’s flawed decision-making and explains why Germany’s blueprint for victory depended on keeping America out of the war.

	Interview with Rolf Hertenstein: A World War II Panzerman in Poland and France
	World War II: Interview with Doolittle Raider James Macia
	World War II: Interview with U.S. Navy Yeoman Jack Adam
	World War II: Interview with 101st Airborne Trooper James Flanagan about D-Day
	World War II: Interview with U.S. Navy Photographer Jack Stewart
	Interview With World War II German Officer Siegfried Knappe

IWO JIMA

Battle of Iwo Jima
Six thousand American servicemen died during the savage month-long fight for Iwo Jima.

	Battle of Iwo Jima: Marine Private Jay Rebstock's Story of Survival
	Battle of Iwo Jima: U.S. Seaman First Class William P. Campbell, Jr. Took Part in the Invasion
	Battle of Iwo Jima: Alan Wood and the Famous Flag on Mount Suribachi

WOMEN & WWII

Tiny Mulder: Teenage World War II Resistance Heroine
Young Tiny Mulder used her language skills, wits and a large dose of courage to keep Allied airmen shot down over Holland out of German hands.

	World War II: Women Spies of the OSS
	The Women's Air Raid Defense: Protecting the Hawaiian Islands

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