Nazi Germany held some of the greatest scientific minds. And many of them were […]
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Stars and Stripes and Strife
Americans first embraced their national symbol during the Civil War. In subsequent wars, our […]
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Ship of Fear
One well-placed cruise missile or even a World War II torpedo could take out […]
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Golden Parachute: Saving Combat Crews
Surviving a fall from a crippled aircraft requires more than a leap of faith
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Admiral Cunningham’s Illustrious Crisis
A brilliant British tactician, Andrew Cunningham almost lost an aircraft carrier, Malta and control […]
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The Berlin Airlift
In early 1948, Stalin ordered a blockade of all land routes to Berlin, spurring […]
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Crusader Down
In 1966 a U.S. Navy helicopter crew plucked a downed aviator from North Vietnam’s busiest harbor in one of the war’s most daring rescues
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Building “Dirty Dora”
The C and D versions of North American Aviation’s B-25 bomber were probably the […]
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The Gotha Bomber and the Origins of Strategic Bombing
It carried out the first blitz–and prepared England for the next one
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Terror at Sea: The Tragic Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
When the USS Indianapolis sank in shark-infested waters, the Navy unjustly held its captain responsible. It took more than 50 years to clear his name.