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 …
Military History
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 …
Operation Gunnerside: SOE’s Sabotage of Germany’s Atomic Bomb Program
“We didn’t think about whether it was dangerous or not. . . . You concentrated on the job and not …
SOE’s Dangerous White Mouse: Nancy Wake
Capt. Nancy Wake of Britain’s Special Operations Executive was a remarkable woman. The wife of a wealthy French industrialist, she …