Category: Weapons and Technology
Frank Arthur Brock – Meet the Swashbuckling British Inventor Who Ended the German Zeppelin Menace
“Had Ian Fleming conjured up James Bond 35 years earlier, he might have used Frank Arthur Brock as the template for secret agent 007.” By Harry Smee and Henry Macrory THEY WERE THE stealth bombers…
The Kentucky Rifle – How America’s Famous Frontier Long Gun Changed Warfare
“Long hunters brought the rifle sufficient attention that the Continental Congress began calling for independent rifle companies in 1775.” By John Danielski ZZZZZPT! The angry hornet-like sound of a rifle round in flight caused anxious redcoats…
The Charleville Musket – How France’s Legendary Long-Arm Made Its Mark on History
“Compared to the.75 caliber Brown Bess of the British, the Charleville was the better musket. It was lighter, more steam-lined, and more durable.” By John Danielski ON MAY 11, 1745, the van of the Duke…
Dive Bombers at Midway – How the Dauntless SBD Turned the Tide in the Pacific War’s Most Important Battle
“Today a computer would instantly process the flood of incoming information and fly the correct profile, but in 1942 the pilot was the computer.” By Walter Topp THEY WERE THE Navy’s last chance. It was…
Lessons From the U.S. Civil War – What the Victorian-Era British Army Learned By Observing the Fighting in America
“The slaughter of August 1914 is attributed to a failure to see what the American war had foretold.” By Michael Somerville THE AMERICAN Civil War is often regarded a key moment in the history of…
Death From Above – Inside America’s Air Campaign Against Hitler’s U-boats
“As the war continued, American tactics, detection gear and weaponry evolved to take the fight to Dönitz’s Wolf Packs.” By Alan C. Carey IT WAS NAZI GERMANY’S commander-in-chief of U-boats, Karl Dönitz, who was to…
