Knives at Each Other’s Throats: The Resistance Movements of Mihailović and Tito in Yugoslavia
Operation 25, the invasion of Yugoslavia, part of Adolf Hitler’s strategic blunder added this Balkan nation and Greece to the …
International Militaries
Book Review – Mussolini’s Navy: A Reference Guide to the Regia Marina 1930-1945
Long the butt of ignorant jokes, the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) of World War II had capable professional officers, …
Operation Gunnerside: SOE’s Sabotage of Germany’s Atomic Bomb Program
“We didn’t think about whether it was dangerous or not. . . . You concentrated on the job and not …
China’s Eagle Strike-Eight Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles: The YJ-83, C803, and the Family Tree
With the growth of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), and growing Chinese assertiveness over territorial claims as well as …
SOE’s Dangerous White Mouse: Nancy Wake
Capt. Nancy Wake of Britain’s Special Operations Executive was a remarkable woman. The wife of a wealthy French industrialist, she …
China’s Eagle Strike-Eight Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles: YJ-81, YJ-82, and C802
With the growth of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), the first carrier landings aboard the Liaoning (China’s first aircraft …
The Blohm und Voss P.170
So was it a brilliant mistake or was it just a mistake?
The Blohm und Voss P.170 fighter-bomber of 1942 …
China’s Eagle Strike-Eight Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles: Designation Confusion and the Family Members from YJ-8 to YJ-8A
With the arguments over disputed islands and reefs in the South and East China Seas getting louder and louder, it …
Vultee P-66 Vanguard
The P-66 Vanguard looked right. It looked like exactly the kind of World War II fighter that might have won …
Tigers in Tunisia
There were never very many Tiger tanks, less than 1,400 total. They were huge (German crews scornfully called them “furniture …