WWII History - February 2015

Features

Australia’s Pearl Harbor
The Japanese Imperial Navy’s air attack on the Australian city of Darwin was the greatest military disaster ever inflicted on that country’s soil.
By Arnold Blumberg

The Fighting Ninth
Commanded by General William “Texas Bill” Simpson, the U.S. Ninth Army fought its way across Europe.
By Michael D. Hull

Cobras Over Cactus
The arrival of the 67th Fighter Squadron bolstered the American attempt to seize Guadalcanal from the Japanese.
By Patrick J. Chaisson

In the Lair of the Beast
The initial Red Army offensive into East Prussia set the stage for the crushing advance that followed in early 1945.
By Pat McTaggart

A Cursed Warship?
The German battlecruiser Scharnhorst was plagued by hard luck throughout her career.
By Kelly Bell

Incident on the Yangtze
The U.S. Navy gunboat Panay was sunk by Japanese aircraft on the great Chinese river, pushing the two countries closer to war.
By Michael D. Hull

Columns

Profiles
Evans Carlson led America’s first Special Operations force.

Insight
The treatment of American soldiers wounded in jungle action followed a medical care echelon system initially devised for European battlefields.

Ordnance
The Australian Wirraway was forced into a role for which it was not intended during World War II.

Top Secret
A plane crash claimed the life of Dr. Fritz Todt, Hitler’s minister of armaments, paving the way for the appointment of Albert Speer.

Books
The defeat of the Japanese in the Pacific required a tremendous Allied effort combining all available resources.

Simulation Gaming
World of Diving observes war from a different point of view, while Company of Heroes 2 expands its playground.