Moe Berg Batted .243 for the White Sox and 1.000 for America
Among the many colorful characters who became spies during World War II, no one was more unusual than Morris “Moe” …
World War II
From Davits to Docks: The Evolution of U.S. Navy Amphibious Ships
USS Arlington (LPD 24) is the culmination of a century of attempts to answer one question: how do you move …
World War II German Helicopters – Doblhoff WNF 342
In 1941, Friedrich von Doblhoff (1916-2000) a junior engineer at Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke (Vienna-Neustadt Aircraft Factory, which assembled Bf 109 …
Classic Wings: P-47 Thunderbolt
Quick: can you name the American fighter plane built in the largest numbers?
With a wingspan of just under 41 …
The XP-55 Ascender
Ascender was the official name given to the Curtiss XP-55 experimental fighter. But American troops, with their inimitable wit, can’t …
Book Review – Hidden Warbirds II
The days of World War II-surplus fighters and bombers being sold for a few hundred dollars or less are nearly …
Book Review – The German Aces Speak II: World War II Seen Through the Eyes of Four More of the Luftwaffe’s Most Important Commanders
The aphorism not to judge a book by its cover has never been more true than with The German Aces …
World War II German Helicopters – Flettner Fl 265 and Fl 282
For the German Navy, facing war without its own aircraft carriers, the helicopter seemed promising as an observation platform and …
The Incredible Saga of OSS Col. Peter J. Ortiz in World War II
Approximately 80 officers and 200 enlisted men from the Marine Corps served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during …
Censorship and World War II
The institutional identity of censorship was firmly in place during World War II. The across-the-board agreement of all parties – …