Book Review – Surviving Trainer and Transport Aircraft of the World: A Global Guide to Location and Types
A lot of trilogies fizzle out by their completion. Not so for Don Berliner’s Surviving Trainer and Transport Aircraft of …
World War II
Bachem Ba 349 Natter
Erich Bachem had a brilliant idea.
Bachem was a creative and persistent aircraft designer in wartime Nazi Germany. His idea, …
Brad Hoelscher May Have Bagged A German Jet, Fought In Three Wars
William B. “Brad” Hoelscher became one of the last U.S. airmen to be shot down in Europe during World War …
German 88mm Artillery: Flak 18/36/37
The German 88mm Flak has to be considered the most famous artillery piece of World War II. Designed as an …
The Four Worst Military Pistols of the 20th Century
The Type 94 Shiki Kenju
Certainly one of the ugliest pistols ever manufactured, this weapon made the list of worst …
The Monuments Men – Trailer
The Monuments Men, in theaters, Dec. 18, will tell the story of the real-life Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program …
Operations Crossbow and Hydra: The Aerial Attacks Against Peenemünde
The evening of Aug. 17, 1943, had passed pleasantly for Wernher von Braun, the technical director of the Peenemünde Army …
Operation Creek: Going to War on a River Barge
The 18 men in Operation Creek were the most unlikely ever to participate in a special operations mission – middle-aged, …
The Quadrant Conference: Marshall Versus Churchill
Crossing Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall was never a good move. Though his reputation for integrity and …
Operation Creek: SOE Enlists an “Over the Hill Gang” for a Mission
For decades the Calcutta Light Horse, a 186-year-old British auxiliary regiment, was more a social club than territorial regiment. Now …