WarCommons Now delivers concise, source-driven analysis on the battles, strategies, decisions, and people that shaped the Second World War. Each article cuts straight to what matters, no padding and no filler, giving you the essential history in a focused read. From tactical decisions to political turning points, WarCommons Now covers the full spectrum of World War II in articles built for the informed reader who values their time.
Today is May 5, 2026. You’re probably wondering what this could possibly have to do with World War II, unless you’re Dutch. May 8, 1945 marked the official end of World War II in Europe. Sometimes better known as VE…
How the Tiger I Became Its Own Worst Enemy Anyone who has ever read anything about World War II has, at some point, also encountered the Tiger I tank, also known as the Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung E. The Tiger tank…
The Malmedy Massacre, sometimes also known as the Baugnez Massacre, was an incident during World War II in which 84 American prisoners of war were killed by Kampfgruppe Peiper after being captured. This event was later classified as a war…
Hitler’s so-called “circle of evil” consisted of a number of individuals whose names are etched into the world’s collective memory. A small group of confidants, among them Hermann Göring, the Reich Marshal of the Third Reich. But standing in his…
The Red Ball Express is generally well known in the history of the Second World War. A film of the same name has even been made about it. Yet the impact of the Red Ball Express is sometimes forgotten. It…
Dresden was the scene of one of the most horrific bombings carried out during the Second World War. A massive firestorm broke out, killing approximately 25,000 people. Almost all of them were civilians. Most military and industrial targets were missed…
When one thinks of the resistance during the Second World War, the main movements that spring to mind are the French Resistance, La Résistance, and the Polish Home Army, Armia Krajowa. But the resistance could not have survived without information…
Everyone is familiar with the iconic battle that took place in Stalingrad during World War II. The German 6th Army. Field Marshal Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus, who owed his ultimate highest military rank solely to what was expected of him:…
Nowhere was the nearly complete failure of D-Day more evident than at Omaha Beach, particularly in the central sector codenamed Easy Red. It was there that the 1st Infantry Division, better known as the Big Red One, was tasked with carrying…
The infamous Maginot Line had one purpose: to protect France from a surprise attack, such as the one during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871. During that war, France lost Alsace and part of Lorraine to Germany. Yet it took only…
