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Wildcat vs. Zero – How America’s Grumman F4F Outfought the ‘Superior’ Mitsubishi A6M
“If the Wildcat lagged behind the Zero in performance, why did it enjoy such success?” By Marc Liebman WHEN THE UNITED States Navy entered the war with Japan, it did so with the Grumman F4F…
Otto Rahn – Meet the Nazi ‘Indiana Jones’ Behind the Third Reich’s Hunt for the Holy Grail
“In the insane world of Nazi pseudo-academia, Rahn became a celebrity, highly sought-after for lectures and speaking engagements.” By Alexander Zakrzewski AMONG THE casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic is the long-awaited fifth instalment of the…
The Automedon Incident – How a Captured Freighter Carrying a Trove of Secret Documents Changed the Course of WW2
“The papers helped propel the Japanese Empire to war with the United States and ultimately to its own destruction.” By Stephen Robinson ON NOV. 11, 1940, a lookout on the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis spotted…
The Consolidated PBY Catalina – Meet the Flying Boat that Helped the Allies Win WW2
“It would serve in every maritime theatre of the war while performing an array of missions, from reconnaissance and search-and-rescue to sub-hunting and anti-shipping.” By James Brun THE CONSOLIDATED PBY was not one of the…
Never Surrender! – As Britain’s War Cabinet Considered Making Peace with Hitler in 1940, Churchill Remained Defiant
“Churchill’s ‘victory at all costs’ was a call for the kind of total war that Britain had suffered through at the Somme and Passchendaele a generation earlier. And look what that had begot: A million…
Dangerous Waters — What Can History Teach Us About America’s Next Naval Confrontation?
“The explosion of the battleship Maine, the sinking of the passenger liner Lusitania and the air attack on the gunboat Panay all generated major crises that threatened U.S. relations with a significant foreign power.” (Originally…
