The Copenhagen Meeting of Heisenberg and Bohr
September 1941 was a high water mark for Nazi Germany. Though defiant, Great Britain was reeling. The Soviet Union appeared …
Conflicts & Operations
“Serious People” Are Looking at New Plan to Merge Air Force Reserve, Air Guard
A proposal to combine the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard (ANG) is being circulated in the Pentagon …
Field Marshal Sir John Dill and Gen. George C. Marshall
“. . . I propose writing to you personally and very frankly whenever any matters arise which I think merit …
The Capture of U-570 and its Enigma Cipher Machine
The use of secret messages to communicate sensitive information is as old as the art of war itself. The ancient …
Phantom Over North Vietnam
Caught up in the largest air battle ever waged over North Vietnam on May 10, 1972, Showtime 106 was a …
Sidewinder Missile Approaches Sixty
Next year, the U.S. Navy will hold a celebration at China Lake, Calif., to mark the 60th anniversary of the …
The Shetland Bus
In order to rally the conquered peoples of occupied Europe in a guerrilla war against Nazi Germany until such time …
Naval Aviation Through the Decades: Catalina Rescue
Another of naval aviation’s countless heroic actions of World War II began Feb. 11, 1944, when a PBY-5 Catalina broke …
Faircount Media Group Releases Defense Summer 2011 Edition
In the Summer 2011 Edition of Defense
Clarence A. Robinson interviews Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) about the defense budget, his …
The Last and Largest Wargame Before World War II: The Louisiana Maneuvers
By mid-1941, the U.S. Army’s ranks had more than doubled, from 620,000 in December 1940, to 1,460,998 men. In the …