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“Bring Up The PIAT!” – Meet Britain’s Famous Anti-Tank Weapon of WW2
“Throughout its service the PIAT gave hard-pressed troops the means of evening the odds against enemy armoured vehicles.” By Matthew Moss DESIGNED AT THE height of the Second World War the PIAT, or Projector, Infantry,…
The Flower-Class Corvette — Nine Facts About the Tiny Warship That Played a Huge Role in WW2
“She was a class of ship which could be produced quickly and cheaply in the future, to meet the urgent demands of convoy escort.” By James Brun THE FLOWER-CLASS corvette may have been a smaller…
The Final Blow – Was it American A-Bombs or the Soviet Declaration of War that Forced Tokyo to Surrender in 1945?
“The historical evidence indicates that it was the Soviet onslaught in Manchuria which pushed the Japanese military and political elite into the recognition that there was no alternative to ‘enduring the unendurable.’” By Peter Harmsen…
The Forgotten Few – Meet Some of the Unknown and Unofficial Casualties of the Battle of Britain
“While the spotlight is naturally upon the Few, clearly there are countless others who lost their lives during the ‘Finest Hour.’” By Dilip Sarkar “NEVER IN THE field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” Winston…
Target: Japan — Inside a Secret U.S. Plan to Launch an Air War in the Pacific Before Pearl Harbor
“The Roosevelt administration hoped to use Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese people to blunt the aggressive military actions of the Japanese.” By Mike Lemish A FORMATION of brand-new, American-made, heavy bombers flies in formation over…
Operation Market Time – Inside the U.S. Coast Guard’s Role in the Campaign Against Enemy Infiltrators in Vietnam
More than 8,000 United States Coast Guardsmen served in Vietnam. Their primary mission was patrolling the coast and inland waterways in a variety of cooperative operations with other American service branches. One of the most successful Coast Guard collaborations of the war…
