Philippe Pétain was convinced that firepower was the key to victory in warfare. At Verdun he would have a chance to prove it.
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Japan’s Panama Canal Buster
Japan’s I-400 class special submarines, known as Sen-Toku, weren’t just the largest subs of their time. They were the world’s first underwater aircraft carriers, intended to attack the Panama Canal with Seiran bombers.
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MiG Madness: The Air War over Korea
In the Korean War’s air battles between Sabre and MiG jets, American pilots often crossed a forbidden line, the Yalu River.
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Aviators: Quentin Roosevelt – He died fighting
Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt’s youngest son, died as a fighter pilot with the 95th “Kicking Mule” Aero Squadron in World War I.
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A Bad Day For Flying: The story of a WWII B-24 Commander shot down over Hankow
The crew of the B-24 bomber Belle Starr found themselves in the thick of aerial combat over the strongly defended city of Hankow in Japanese-occupied China, without the training in local tactics they’d expected.
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The BentProp Project: Providing Families Of WWII Airmen With Closure
Volunteers from the BentProp project hunt for downed aircraft of World War II’s Pacific Theater, to bring closure to the families of missing airmen on both sides.
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Triumphant Failure At Sangatte: Challenging the English Channel in a Monoplane
Hubert Latham’s attempt to become the first to cross the English Channel in an airplane ended in failure but made the pilot into an international star of aviation.
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Biplanes Battle Bolsheviks During Russia’s Civil War
Royal Air Force pilots flew combat missions in support of the anti-Bolshevik White Russian forces during the Russian Civil War as part of the British interventionist force.
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Archie Donahue: WWII Ace Pilot
From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, Marine pilot Archie Donahue established his reputation as a combat ace.