Wartime Me 262 Pilot Said He Flew Faster Than Sound
Hans Guido Mutke loomed larger than life, say those who knew him. A very experienced but very junior German military …
Military History
The Civil War Ironclad Monitor’s Unknown Sailors Are Remembered and Honored at Arlington
While the guns of the USS Monitor went quiet 151 years ago, the final rifle volleys fired into the brisk …
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, All for the War Effort
On March 6, 1943, the New York Times reported that 11-year-old Anita Hochberg of Sea Cliff, Long Island, had donated …
Turning Things Around: Patton Takes Over II Corps
The American debacle at the Battle of Kasserine Pass had brought the simmering command crisis of II Corps to a …
Men Against Mosquitoes: Malaria in War
More than arrows, swords, bullets, or bombs, disease has been the biggest killer of soldiers until quite recently. Malaria was …
C-5A Galaxy Missile Launcher Coming to Air Mobility Museum
A huge C-5A Galaxy strategic airlifter with an unusual achievement under its belt will soon be on display at the …
Tuskegee Airmen vs. Me-262s
“We knew the German jets were faster than we were. Instead of going directly after them, we went away from …
Knives at Each Other’s Throats: The Resistance Movements of Mihailović and Tito in Yugoslavia
Operation 25, the invasion of Yugoslavia, part of Adolf Hitler’s strategic blunder added this Balkan nation and Greece to the …
Book Review – Mussolini’s Navy: A Reference Guide to the Regia Marina 1930-1945
Long the butt of ignorant jokes, the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) of World War II had capable professional officers, …
Book Review – America’s Black Sea Fleet
In the aftermath of World War I, a U.S. Navy squadron, “America’s Black Sea Fleet,” was forward-deployed to the Turkish …