War With “Unprecedented, Unmerciful, and Unrelenting Harshness:” Hitler, Operation Barbarossa, and the Commissar Order
The polished cars of the German military began arriving early at the New Reich Chancellery in Berlin on March …
Conflicts & Operations
What Happened to Blue Grass Girl?
Seconds after “bombs away” over Berlin, 1st Lt. Lewis K. Cloud hauled back on the control yoke, applied rudder, and …
Book Review – Mission to Berlin: The American Airmen Who Struck the Heart of Hitler’s Reich
Mission to Berlin: The American Airmen Who Struck the Heart of Hitler’s Reich is an amazing account of American heroism …
The U.S. Marine Corps Year in Review
For the Marine Corps, 2010 began with the last infantry units leaving Iraq and ended with discussions of a drawdown …
Pearl Harbor Survivor Sikorsky JRS-1 Moves to Museum Facility
In March, the world’s only surviving Sikorsky JRS-1 amphibious seaplane (the military version of the Sikorsky S-43) arrived at the …
Operation El Dorado Canyon: Libya Under Air Attack in 1986
In early 1986, an U.S. Air Force F-111F Aardvark pilot and squadron commander knew that something big was coming and …
Hitler’s Strategic Blunder
When 1941 began, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler was reaching the peak of his authority in Europe. Only Great Britain opposed …
Book Review – How the Helicopter Changed Modern Warfare
“No new military helicopter has been procured for the U.S. armed services since 1990,” writes Walter J. Boyne, who may …
Odyssey Dawn: U.S. Joins Coalition Partners to Establish a No-fly Zone Over Libya
The United States has joined with coalition partners to establish a no-fly zone over Libya in response to a United …
Last-known U.S. World War I Veteran Dies
He never saw combat, but he was thought to be the last of the Doughboys. Frank Woodruff Buckles passed away …