The Kriegsmarine’s Channel Dash
In February 1942 British, and Royal Navy, pride suffered an embarrassing blow when Vice Adm. Otto Ciliax of the Kriegsmarine …
Conflicts & Operations
Pearl Harbor Conspiracy Theories Live On
The successful Japanese Navy attack on Pearl Harbor and the air bases on Oahu did more than gut America’s military …
A-29 Close Air Support Training | Video
In this Air Force Central Command video by Staff Sgt. Aaron Richardson, members of Train, Advise, and Assist Command – …
Air Force Orders More A-29 Super Tucanos for Afghanistan
The U.S. Air Force’s A-29 Afghanistan Program ordered six more A-29 Super Tucano aircraft late in October 2017 from Sierra …
Blimp vs. U-boat
A close-quarters slugfest between a U.S. Navy blimp and a German U-boat lit up the sea and sky off the …
North Korea Attacks l Photos
On June 25, 1950, North Korean forces poured across the 38th Parallel in attempt to forcibly unite Korea under a …
Japanese Submarine and Air Attacks on the American Mainland
At 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Monday, Feb. 23, 1942, Washington’s Birthday, Americans living in and around the Ellwood oil …
E.V. Voska: The U.S. Army Captain Who Founded Czechoslovakia
There seems to be a rule somewhere that any time a nation’s founding fathers are depicted in a group photograph …
Montford Point Marines | Photos
Before 1942 no African-Americans had been officially accepted into the U.S. Marine Corps. This changed with President Franklin D. Roosevelt‘s …
The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife
“In close-quarters fighting there is no more deadly weapon than the knife.”
– William Ewart Fairbairn, Get tough!: How to …