The U.S. Marines drew on the disastrous 1915 landings at Gallipoli to write the […]
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The Making of Hitler’s Army
In the run-up to World War II, Germany’s generals made concessions to their Führer that put the Reich’s military might decisively in Hitler’s grasp.
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Fettered Eagles: Great Aircraft That Never Made It Into Production
Great aircraft don’t always make it past the prototype stage, leaving their designers to lament what might have been.
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Hans-Joachim Marseille: The Star Pilot of Africa in World War II
Had Hans-Joachim Marseille lived and fought today rather than in 1941 and ’42, there’s not a saloon in the country that would serve him a Bud Lite without carding this scrawny, baby-faced boy. And then they probably would reject the ID as fake.
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Where did the 1500-hour Requirement for ATP come from?
Do you know where the 1500-hour requirement to get an ATP came from? When […]
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What Really Happened to the Nuclear Sub USS Scorpion?
In 1968, one of the U.S. Navy’s nuclear submarines went missing in the Atlantic. More than a half-century later, the full story of its disappearance can finally be told.
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Last of the Buffalos
On June 25, 1942, Finnish Lieutenant Lauri Pekuri shot down two Soviet Hawker Hurricanes […]
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The Secret Life of Erich Gimpel
Landed by U-boat on the coast of Maine in 1944, the senior agent of a two-man Nazi spy team had a thrilling tale to tell—most of it true
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Secrets of the Nazi Interrogators
The Luftwaffe developed masterful psychological techniques to milk Allied airmen for information.
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WWII Today- May 2008
Long-Forgotten P-38 Reemerges on Welsh Beach When Lt. Robert F. Elliott pulled his P-38F […]