The Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carriers in heavy seas, steaming into the wind […]
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Killer Lily: The Saratoga
They said the Saratoga spent too much time at anchor—until the old flattop roared […]
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Outer Limits of Armor
Eccentric solo inventor J. Walter Christie designed vehicles like no others. But his oddball designs influenced some of the 20th century’s best tanks.
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Giap at Dien Bien Phu, 1954: You Take Command
It is January 24, 1954, as you assume the role of General Vo Nguyen […]
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Honoring an American Hero
Adam Sakowitz is a young man with a mission. The 25-year-old graduate student from […]
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The Night Witches: The USSR’s All-Female WWII Bomber Squadron
Although Americans continue to debate whether to assign women to U.S. military combat units, […]
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Hope is Not a Strategy: Germany’s Last Best Shot at Victory
Early in 1918 the German High Command decided on a plan for a major […]
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Book Review: General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark
General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark by Peter Davies, Osprey Publishing, 2013 Of the wide variety […]
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‘Big Ears Three’ and the Battle of Bien Hoa
A 19-year-old sentry assigned to a listening post at a U.S. air base gets […]
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Honors for Mercy
During World War II the war- ring air arms generally used women in auxiliary […]