September 2011 Mailbag on the Web
Comments and letters to the editor left over from the September 2011 issue of Armchair General. Should German submariners of WWII be praised as "Great Warriors?"
Read MoreJuly 2011 Issue – Bloody Cold Harbor
The July 2011 issue of Armchair General magazine explores America's greatest threat today, remembers Russell Volckmann the true "Father of U.S. Army Special Forces," and puts you in the role of Ulysses S. Grant at Cold Harbor, Va.
Read MoreCDG 45 – Rogers’ Rangers at St. Francis, 1759
You choose from three courses of action or create your own in this command decision game based on Maj. Robert Rogers' Rangers raid on the Abenaki Indian tribe's village at St. Francis above Lake Champlain in 1759.
Read MoreJuly 2011 Mailbag
Letters from Armchair General readers, Issue 45 (July 2011), ask about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and challenge a statement made in an earlier issue about Oliver Cromwell's attitude toward Catholics.
Read MoreMay 2011 Mailbag
A reader shares his blog on what the United States might do if it ever catches Osama Bin Laden.
Read MoreMay 2011 Issue – Rommel! Birth of a Legend
The May 2011 issue of Armchair General magazine features the story of military service in America, the valor of African-American soldiers in WW1, and 10 questions for football great and wounded Vietnam vet rocky Bleier.
Read MoreCDG 44 – Soviets in Afghanistan, 1981
A game of tactical decision-making in which you assume the role of a company commander in the Soviet 40th Army, charged with planning an ambush of a mujahedeen supply convoy in the mountains of Afghanistan, 1981.
Read MoreMarch 2011 Issue – Ike Invades Sicily
The March 2011 Armchair General magazine examines a winning strategy for America with Iran, and looks at the not-so-great 'Great Sioux War,' plus 'Who Really Sank the Bismarck?' and more.
Read MoreCDG 43 – Marines at Chosin Reservoir, 1950
A you-make-the-decision game that places the player in the role of a U.S. Marine company commander ordered to hold the Toktong Pass near Chosin Reservoir in November 1950.
Read MoreJanuary 2011 Issue – Long Live Death
See what is featured in the January 2011 issue of Armchair General magazine.
Read MoreJanuary 2011 Extra Mailbag Items
Extra Letters to the editor from the January 2011 Issue of Armchair General.
Read MoreNovember 2010 Issue – Was Patton Murdered?
In the November 2010 issue of Armchair General magazine historian Carlo D'Este explores the persistent question of whether Gen. George S. Patton was murdered, and "The Forgotten Solider" of the Eastern Front is identified!
Read MoreCDG 41 – Winter War, Finland, 1940
This decision-making challenge places you in the role of a Finnish infantry commander facing the ponderous but powerful Red Army in Finland, 1940.
Read MoreNovember 2010 Web Mailbag
Letters to the editors of Armchair General magazine discuss the 1975 fall of Saigon, the battle for Manila in 1945, and America's "Germany First" strategy in World War II.
Read MoreSeptember 2010 Issue – The Fall of Vietnam
The September 2010 issue of Armchair General magazine examines the fall of Vietnam in 1975 and how in WW2 the casualties on Okinawa prompted use of the atom bomb, plus interactive articles Jerusalem 1967 and Rommel vs. Crusader 1941.
Read MoreSeptember 2010 Mailbag
Letters to the Editor from the September 2010 issue of Armchair General magazine.
Read MoreCDG 40 – Battle of Jerusalem, 1967
A downloadable decision-making game based on actions in the Battle for Jerusalem, June 1967, between the Israeli 55th Parachute Brigade with armor support and the reinforced Jordanian 3d "Talal" Infantry Brigade.
Read MoreJuly 2010 – Sun Tzu’s Waterloo
The July 2010 Armchair General interactive magazine considers what Sun Tzu might have said about Waterloo, plus an exclusive report on Abu Ghraib by William Terpeluk and 'War and Democracy,' from Teddy Roosevelt to Barack Obama.
Read MoreCDG 39 – Bocage Busting! Normandy 1944
You assume the role of Brig. Gen. Norman D. 'Dutch' Cota, assistant commander of US 29th Infantry Division, tasked with choosing the best plan for 'bocage busting,' breaking through the formidable German defenses in the hedgerows of Normandy, 1944.
Read MoreJuly 2010 Mailbag
An Armchair General reader writes from the Kohima Museum, Imphal Barrack, Fulford, Yorkshire, England, a museum that focuses on the World War II engagement at Kohima, April - June 1944.
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