Book Review: The Women Who Flew for Hitler
British historian Clare Mulley profiles the Third Reich’s leading female pilots Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg
Book Review: The Polar Bear Expedition
James Carl Nelson recounts the North Russian Intervention, intended to keep WWI supplies sent to Russia from falling into the wrong hands
Book Review: The Greatest of all Leathernecks
Joseph Arthur Simon relates the U.S. Marines’ transformation into an elite force and John Lejeune’s pre-eminent role in it
10 Great POW Escapes
Capture is an occupational hazard for soldiers and escape is a POW’s duty—some even succeed with imagination and style.
General John Stark: A Patriot Who Rose Above Rank
Overlooking a studied insult by Congress, John Stark rallied to the Patriot cause at Bennington in 1777
Albatros D.III
Flown aggressively with tactical skill, the D.III became the terror of the Western Front
Kyle Carpenter: Worth It
The lance corporal doesn’t recall throwing himself between a buddy and a hand grenade—but investigators confirmed his valor
March 2020 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about an Italian memento from World War II and kamikaze pilots
Book Review: Hitler’s Great Gamble
James Ellman imagines the counterfactual outcome of of Operation Barbarossa had Adolf Hitler been a better diplomat
Book Review: On a Knife’s Edge
Prit Buttar properly sets the WWII Battle of Stalingrad amid the broader context of winter campaigns in the Ukraine
Book Review: Undersea Warriors
Iain Ballantyne relates the exploits of British intelligence and ballistic missile submariners during the Cold War
Book Review: MacArthur’s Air Force
Bill Yenne examines how Douglas MacArthur effectively wielded airpower during from World War II through the Korean War
The Fight for the ‘14th Colony,’ Nova Scotia
At the onset of the American Revolution the British and Americans each sought to sway New England settlers and First Nations tribes in Nova Scotia
Vought F4U-7 Corsair
The carrier-operable Corsair came to dominate the Pacific skies during World War II.
James Fenelon: Four Hours of Fury
Former paratrooper James Fenelon relates Operation Varsity, the March 1945 jump by U.S. troops on the German side of the Rhine
January 2020 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about chemlights, the Ukraine, airborne turrets and WWI relics
