WWII Quarterly - Summer 2015 (Hard Cover)

The Trampled Swastika
In April 1945, as the Allies crushed Nazi Germany from all sides, the Reich that Hitler boasted would last for a thousand years was about to expire after just 12. By Eric Niderost

Tragic Surrender
The day after Pearl Harbor, a large Japanese force descended on the vital British military installations at Singapore and gave Britain its most humiliating defeat. By Mark Simmons

Heroic Stand at Hosingen
Caught in the Battle of the Bulge onslaught, First Lieutenant Thomas Flynn and his company held out for days in a small Luxembourg town before being taken prisoner. By Alice M. Flynn and Allyn Vannoy

How “The Few” Saved Britain
It may have been the Royal Navy, rather than the Royal Air Force, that persuaded Hitler to abandon his plans to invade Britain. By Mark Simmons

With the “Ragtag Circus” Across Europe
From the hedgerows of France to the Hürtgen Forest to war’s end at the Elbe, the U.S. 83rd Infantry Division blazed a largely unheralded trail of courage across Europe. By Susan Zimmerman

Silk Over Germany
After Normandy, the U.S. 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment spearheaded Operation Varsity, the March 1945 airborne jump across the Rhine into Germany. By Dominique François

Kiwis Over the Pacific
The Royal New Zealand Air Force played a pivotal role in the war against Japan. By Allyn Vannoy

Department - Personalities
Three VMI graduates—Generals Marshall, Gerow, and Handy—made a powerful mpression on America’s conduct of war. By Phil Gioia