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.

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.

General George S. Patton and the Battle of the Bulge
Germans planning the Ardennes offensive counted on surprise and a slow American response, but that was not George S. Patton’s style.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Allied Airborne Forces in World War II: Surviving the Devil's Cauldron
The success of Soviet and German paratroopers inspried the Allies to develop their own airborne forces in World War II

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.

Richard Ira Bong: American World War II Ace of Aces
Richard "Dick" Ira Bong was quiet, shy and introverted on the ground; aggressive, hostile and fearless in the air.

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.

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

Mildred Elizabeth Sisk: American-Born Axis Sally
American-born Axis Sally made propaganda broadcasts for Radio Berlin in Hitler's Germany, and paid the price for treason after the war.

Heinrich Himmler: The Nazi Leader's Master Plan
Extermination of the Jews was just the first step in the Nazi SS leader’s master plan for purifying the human race.

German POWs and the Art of Survival
Post-World War II Europe was a wasteland of smashed cities, pitted roads and ruined fields. Among those simply hoping to survive the next winter were millions of German and Axis POWs.