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George Preddy, Jr.: The USAAF’s Greatest P-51 Ace
By Kelly BellDarwin, Australia, was hot even though it was mid-winter. On the afternoon of July 12, 1942, four newly deployed pilots of the U.S. Read more
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What Made The Bren Gun One of the Most Iconic British WWII Weapons
By Arnold BlumbergWhile all the combatant nations engaged in World War I fielded machine guns during the conflict, the British Army’s Vickers was arguably the best medium machine gun of the war, while their Lewis gun—an American design but perfected by the English—was the most effective light machine gun. Read more
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The Battle Of Midway: Turning the Tide in the South Pacific
By John WukovitsRarely in the history of warfare had one nation absorbed such numbing losses in so rapid a time as did the United States in the Pacific War’s first five months. Read more
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Colonel George S. Patton, Sr.: Civil War Veteran
By James M. PowlesThe famed general of World War II, George S. Patton III, often spoke with pride of the military deeds of his forefathers. Read more
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Sherman Tanks vs. Tiger Tanks: Which Was Best at the Bulge?
by Michael D. HullWhen American soldiers landed in France in June 1944 as part of the great Allied crusade to liberate Europe, they were well trained, fully equipped, and brimming with confidence. Read more
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Marine Stand on Guadalcanal
By David Alan JohnsonAt about 2:30 on the morning of August 21, 1942, U.S. Marine units east of Henderson Field on the embattled island of Guadalcanal were awakened by several bursts of machinegun fire. Read more
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Miracle at Dunkirk
By Jon DiamondFollowing the 76th anniversary of the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, one is amazed at the number of articles and volumes written about the subject. Read more
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The Greco-Italian War: One of Benito Mussolini’s Biggest Failures
by Roy Morris, Jr.Twenty-four hours earlier, Grazzi had hosted a gala reception for Metaxas and Greece’s figurehead king, George II, at the Italian consulate following a performance of Giacomo Puccini’s opera, Madame Butterfly. Read more
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The Supermarine Spitfire and the Battle of Britain
by William F. Floyd Jr.On March 5, 1936, the new Supermarine Type 300 took off from Southampton, England. The plane would soon be called the Spitfire, and along with the Hawker Hurricane it would become Great Britain’s first line of defense. Read more
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The Claymore vs. the M14 mine in Vietnam
By Michael HaskewDuring the Vietnam War, the land mine was responsible for large numbers of casualties among both military and civilian personnel. Read more
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American Athletes and Spectator Sports During World War II
By Flint WhitlockIn the 1940s, war disrupted the lives of millions of people around the globe: fuel rationing, food rationing, shortages of all kinds, and, of course, the death and destruction that was visited on cities, nations, and whole populations. Read more
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Hero to the End: Airman William “Ed” Dyess on the Philippines
By Sam McGowanLieutenant Colonel William Edwin Dyess, a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot and squadron commander, was considered a hero by men who served under him in the Philippines and who felt they owed their own lives to Ed’s sacrifice. Read more
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Fort Driant: General George S. Patton Jr’s Only Lost Battle
By Duane E. ShafferThe road to Fort Driant began for the United States Third Army when it landed on Utah Beach at 3 pm on August 5, 1944. Read more
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Battle of Po Valley: The 10th Mountain Division in WWII Italy
By Flint WhitlockIt was early in 1945 when the Battle of Po Valley officially began: from their hiding places in the valley below, the soldiers looked up at the wall of shale looming more than 3,000 feet above them. Read more
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Germany’s Versatille 88mm Gun
By Phil ZimmerThe November 21, 1944, daylight flight of Teddy’s Rough Riders was anything but routine for American pilot Werner G. Read more
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The African Kaiser
By Christopher MiskimonA motley flotilla of British ships arrived on November 2, 1914, in the port of Tanga in German East Africa. Read more
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Stirring Accounts of the Albigensian Crusade
The three contemporary narrative accounts of the 13th-century Albigensian Crusade are gripping, chilling, and enlightening. They offer rich insight into the period when the Languedoc region of modern-day southwestern France was tied more closely to the Kingdom of Aragon than the fledgling Kingdom of France. Read more
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The Quinquereme in the Carthaginian & Roman Navy
by Marc G. De SantisThe third century BC saw fierce naval competition arise all across the Mediterranean. In the west, the Romans and Carthaginians struggled for control of the sea. Read more
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WWII Vehicles: The British Universal (or “Bren Gun”) Carrier
by Arnold BlumbergThe origins of the Universal Bren Gun Carrier can be traced to the Ford T-powered Carden-Loyd machines developed in Great Britain in the mid-1920s, specifically the Mark VI model of 1927. Read more
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John Steinbeck in World War II
By Robert E. Cray, Jr.A fuming John Steinbeck vented his frustration over World War II to a friend on March 15, 1943. Read more
