The Rescue of Danish Jews
Since its one-day conquest on April 9, 1940, Denmark had been a relatively quiet backwater among the nations conquered and …
World War II
Hard Luck Outfit: The Story of the 492nd Bombardment Group – Part 2
By early June, 1944, the 492nd Bombardment Group had flown twenty-four missions. Most had been easy ones, either supporting the …
Hard Luck Outfit: The Story of the 492nd Bombardment Group – Part 1
The story goes that Napoleon once inquired about a certain general to his staff. After listening to them go on …
Book Review – Luck of a Lancaster
The title of this immensely readable book accurately and quite starkly describes the contents but hardly does justice to the …
Seventy Years Later, Relics of South Pacific Fighting Still Powerful
As an astronaut in Earth orbit I spent every spare moment I could scrutinizing the lovely face of our planet, …
Axis POWs in America
When Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki awoke on Waimanalo Beach on Oahu on the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, the exhausted survivor …
Adm. Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham and His Appointment as First Sea Lord
When Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord, resigned for reasons of health shortly after the Quadrant …
German 88mm Artillery: PaK 43
The spectacular performance of the German 88mm Flak gun in the early part of World War II forced another round …
MacArthur For President
In his autobiography Reminiscences, Douglas MacArthur wrote of his relationship with President Franklin Roosevelt, “In my own case, whatever differences …
America’s Mustard Gas Experiments and World War II
Exposure to harmful chemicals has long been associated with modern warfare. During the last century, World War I was notable …