In Hitler’s Spy Chief, Richard Bassett delivers a sympathetic profile of Wilhelm Canaris, a top-ranking German intelligence officer who dared defy Hitler.
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Game Review: Birds of Steel, by Konami
Birds of Steel is a World War II flight combat simulation game with historically accurate planes that boast realistic controls.
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League of Gentlemen: Officers of the 17th and 18th Centuries
Well-bred European military officers of the era often had more in common with enemies than they did with allies
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Potez Replica’s First Flight
The Potez is brand-new, built from scratch using long-lost French blueprints Perhaps because the […]
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E-volo Takes Lindbergh Prize
“If this innovative design reaches the commercial market it will dramatically change the way […]
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Historic Heinkel Recovered
“The museum has yet to decide whether this He-115 will be restored to nonflying […]
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Was a mountain howitzer the first wheeled vehicle to cross America?
Dear Mr. History, I have heard the first wheeled vehicle to cross North America […]
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Daily Quiz for September 6, 2012
Prior to the Civil War, this state was known as the "Empire State of the South."
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Daily Quiz for September 5, 2012
This man is said to have made the statement that led to the common expression "warts and all."