At the start of 1939, most folks would have written Winston Churchill off as an alarmist. The Munich Agreement had supposedly brought peace in our time to Europe and averted the risk of war.
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Tragedy in the Air: The Hindenburg Disaster
On May 6, 1937, disaster struck German airship, the Hindenburg, at Lakehurst, New Jersey, bringing an end to the age of the rigid airship and uncertainty to the future of air travel.
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A Wedding Ring in a Muddy Pond in Vietnam Led to a Navy Pilot’s Remains and His Homecoming – 52 Years After He Was Shot Down
More than 50 years after being shot down, a Navy pilot is honored for […]
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Daily Quiz for May 22, 2019
Ancient Romans called the Mediterranean Sea this.
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Handcrafting a Black Buck Vulcan
Shortly after the end of the 1982 Falklands War, Airfix of England issued a […]
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MHQ Book Review: Time at War
Time at War Nicholas Mosley, (Weidenfield and Nicolson, 2006), 185 pages, $29.50. Nick Mosley […]
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MHQ Book Review: Power at Sea
Power at Sea (three volumes), 1: The Age of Navalism, 1890-1918; 2: The Breaking […]
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Mercenary Pilots With La Patrulla Americana
Although a number of American citizens flew for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil […]
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Tactical Exercises: Allenby’s Turning Tactics
The tactics that brought victory to British armored forces in North Africa in the […]
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Artists on War: Baron Gros and The Pesthouse in Jaffa
Long before modern politicians used the media to mold public opinion, a Corsican first consul of France employed a cooperative artist to enhance his image.