American Eagles Over Dieppe
•December 15, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
American pilots serving in the Royal Air Force flew missions in support of the abortive 1942 raid on the French coastal town. More »
•December 15, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
American pilots serving in the Royal Air Force flew missions in support of the abortive 1942 raid on the French coastal town. More »
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U.S. Navy air power shattered Japanese carrier based strength in a one-sided battle during the invasions of Saipan, Guam, and Titian. More »
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The Hawker Typhoon wreaked havoc on German troops in the deadly pocket in eastern France. More »
•October 28, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
Nazi Germany made a futile attempt to establish a weather station in a remote region of Canada. More »
•October 10, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
During the now-historic Operation Varsity, Canadian paratroopers attempted to pierce the Rhine in March 1945. More »
•September 28, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
By Michael Hull
As powerful, fast-moving German panzer and infantry columnsrampaged across Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, and into northern France early in May 1940, the British held their breath and watched apprehensively from across the narrow English Channel.
The lightning “blitzkrieg” advance split the retreating French and British armies, and the outlook was More »
•September 26, 2018 • 1 Comment
Winston Churchill’s Britain not only had to fend off the powerful Luftwaffe but also defeat isolationism in America. More »
•September 24, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
By Ray Argyle
Flying a tortuous route from North Africa tothe French coast of Normandy via Casablanca and Gibraltar, an unarmed Lockheed Lodestar of the Free French Air Force broke through cloud cover over the English Channel on the morning of Sunday, August 20, 1944.
The plane carried Free French leader General More »
•September 19, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
By David A. Norris
Captain Daniel Lienard de Beaujeu rushed to save the remote French outpost of Fort Duquesne in early July 1755. Weeks away from receiving substantial reinforcements, the fort was the target of British Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock. With Braddock was the largest army in the North American frontier, More »
•September 18, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
By Michael D. Hull
Of all the workhorse weapons in the Allies’ World War II arsenal, from the American M-4 Sherman medium tank and jeep to the British Handley Page Halifax bomber and 25-pounder field gun, none was more widely and effectively deployed than the Douglas C-47 transport plane.
Dubbed the Skytrain by More »
