•February 7, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
By Blaine Taylor
April 1, 1939, was a red-letter day in the history of the reborn German Kriegsmarine for two key reasons. First, Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler presented the fleet’s chief, Erich Raeder, with an ornate, icon-studded Navy blue baton of office as the first grand admiral since the days of More »
•January 26, 2019 • Read Comments (7)
Relatively few U.S. generals lost their lives in World War II. More »
•January 24, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
On October 31, 1941, the USS Reuben James became one of America’s first casualties of war—even before war was declared. More »
•January 20, 2019 • 1 Comment
Both the Allies and the Axis sought to control the strategically located Azores during World War II. More »
•January 20, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
The naval combat that raged around the Philippines invasion was preceded by a game of reconnaisance, intelligence gathering, and planning. More »
•January 19, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
By 1941, war between Germany and the U.S. was inevitable. But a full-on clash might have been delayed if Hitler hadn’t declared war after Pearl Harbor. More »
•January 12, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Squadron leader Alan George led aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. More »
•October 1, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
By Kevin M. Hymel
“Bombs away!”called out the bombardier of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber Great Speckled Bird, signaling the release of a full bombload over an enemy target. He was wrong. Two stubborn bombs refused to fall, remaining in their bomb bay racks.
The bomber’s radioman, Technical Sergeant Thomas Fitzpatrick, More »
