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Over the Hump: Supplying Allied Forces over the Himalayas
By Sam McGowanIn truth, it really was not a combat operation. For every airplane lost to enemy action, a hundred were destroyed in accidents. Read more
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Luftwaffe Raids: St. Paul’s Stands Proud
By David Alan JohnsonAt St. Paul’s Cathedral, the rooftop lookout telephoned the cathedral control center at 6 pm to report that air raid sirens were sounding off to the southwest. Read more
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The British Prosper Spy Network: Destroyed to Protect D-Day?
By Peter KrossOn June 6, 1944, hundreds of thousands of Allied troops, planes, and ships departed from their bases in England bound for the shores of France in what was to be the greatest invasion of all time. Read more
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Were P-47 Thunderbolt Aircraft Really Formidable Fighter-Bombers?
By Sam McGowanSince the end of World War II, the aviation press has made the North American P-51 Mustang into the superstar Allied fighter of the war. Read more
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Wekusta: Weathermen of the Wehrmacht
By William McPeakThe fundamental pillars of war—strategy and tactics— inevitably depend on an imponderable and uncontrollable factor: the weather. With the increasing sophistication of weather data gathering, analysis, and forecasting in the early 20th century, predicting the weather became an integral part of World War II. Read more
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The Workhorse Lancaster
By Nigel PricePowerful, brisling with firepower and able to carry an amazingly large bombload, the majestic Avro Lancaster, along with the iconic Supermarine Spitfire, has come to symbolize the might of the Royal Air Force in World War II. Read more
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Cowboy of the Royal Air Force
By Neil TaylorIn the six weeks since Britain’s formal declaration of war against Germany on September 3, 1939, the Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots of No. Read more
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Madeline “Del” D’Eletto: an Allied Angel of Mercy on a C-47
By Kevin M. HymelIn a field hospital in Normandy, France, 1st Lt. Madeline “Del” D’Eletto was watching an Army doctor operate on a soldier’s head injury when one of her fellow nurses asked, “What do I do with this?” Read more
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The Bombing of Dresden: Was the Attack Fully Justified?
By Mason B.WebbIt was February 1945, and the Bombing of Dresden had yet to commence. At this point in the war, the citizens of the capital of the German state of Saxony were beginning to think that they were living a charmed life. Read more
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Field Marshal Erwin Rommel: The “Desert Fox”
by Mike HaskewBorn on November 15, 1891, in Heidenheim, Germany, Erwin Rommel was a hero of World War I, receiving the Pour le Mérite, or Blue Max, for his actions on the Italian Front. Read more
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Why We Fight — Hollywood Teams Up with U.S. Military
By Kevin M. HymelGeneral George C. Marshall had a problem. With the U.S. entry into World War II, he had to explain to an isolationist nation why the country was going to war. Read more
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To Casablanca By Air
By Eric NiderostOn the afternoon of January 7, 1943, Boeing 314s Dixie Clipper and Atlantic Clipper took off from the Marine Air Terminal, La Guardia Airport in New York, their destination Miami. Read more
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The Fall of Malaya: Japanese Blitzkrieg on Singapore
By David H. LippmanThe moon like a tray was sinking in the western sea and the deep red sun showed its face to the east. Read more
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Innovative Soviet Fighter Ace
By Christopher J. ChlonAccording to contemporary Soviet news sources, fighter Ace Alexander Pokryshkin was the most famous pilot in the Red Air Force during World War II. Read more
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The Imperial War Museum
By Roy StevensonAlthough Britain has a number of war museums, the Imperial War Museum (IWM) is acknowledged as the Holy Grail of them all—the one you must visit when in London. Read more
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Why America Participated in the Allied Bombing of France in WWII
By Flint WhitlockBy any standard, the ancient city of Rouen, in Upper Normandy, is a historical treasure. Within its magnificent High Gothic Notre-Dame Cathedral (which was portrayed in a famous series of paintings by the Impressionist Claude Monet as well as by his contemporary Camille Pissarro) is a tomb containing the heart of Richard the Lionheart (1157-1199) who had been King of England and the Duke of Normandy. Read more
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Japanese Suicide Attacks at Pearl Harbor and Beyond
by David Alan JohnsonThe deliberate crashing into enemy targets by Japanese aviators did not begin at the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands. Read more
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The Real Story of “Mad Jack” Churchill—a Rare Breed of Warrior
By Robert Barr SmithIt was May 1940, and the German officer’s unit was attacking toward a village called l’Epinette, near Bethune, France. Read more
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The Real English Patient Behind the Ralph Fiennes Film
By Ron GilliamOn the morning of May 15, 1942, a strange motorcade rolled out of Campo Four, located 170 hot, dusty miles south of the Italian base at Jalo oasis in northeast Libya. Read more
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Book Reviews: Heroism of the Nisei Soldiers
By Christopher Miskimon Honor Before Glory: The Epic World War II Story of the Japanese American GIs Who Rescued the Lost Battalion(Scott McGaugh, Da Capo Press, Boston, 2016, 257 pp., Read more
