Race to the Reichstag: A detailed analysis of the Red Army’s final offensive to capture Berlin in April 1945. Emphasis is placed on the competition between their two attacking “fronts” to be the first to reach the city center.

OTHER ARTICLES:

The He-177 Heavy Bomber: the story of one of the German Air Force’s greatest failures, its inability to get this four-engine bomber into mass-production. Doctrinal, tactical and economic factors are discussed.

Battle of Kunlun Pass: the 1939 battle between the Japanese and Chinese in which the latter’s army attacked and successfully used large numbers of (Soviet supplied) tanks for the first time. An elite Japanese brigade was entirely wiped out.