Special Mission V-2
In the spring of 1945, Nazi Germany was in its death throes. While advancing combat troops sought destruction …
World War II
Book Review – The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb
Operation Gunnerside has been the subject of several books and at least one movie, but still remains relatively …
Coast Guard Aviation Centennial
This year marks the Coast Guard Aviation Centennial, beginning with the anniversary of the birthday of Coast Guard …
Reliving an English Schoolgirl’s World War II Memories
My family is from Gidea Park, located in the east London district of the Borough of Havering, England. …
Book Review – Storming the City
Alec Wahlman’s Storming the City: U.S. Military Performance in Urban Warfare from World War II to Vietnam should be …
Book Review – Aircraft Carriers: The Illustrated History of the World’s Most Important Warships
Michael E. Haskew’s Aircraft Carriers: The Illustrated History of the World’s Most Important Warships is a concise, …
Book Review – Shot Down
There is no particular shortage of books about World War II veterans written by their children. There is, however, a …
Edna St. Vincent Millay Paid a Price for Patriotism
On June 14, 1940, German troops entered Paris. That same day, on the other side of the Atlantic …
Brilliant Mistakes: The YB-40
We are reminded ceaselessly of how crucial breakthroughs like bronze weapons, longbows, the stirrup, gunpowder, rifles, the airplane, the …
The Lend-Lease Act
On Dec. 3, 1940, a month after a grueling presidential campaign that culminated in his successful re-election to a third …