‘The Aluminum Trail’ — Inside the Treacherous Allied Air Route Into China
“Today an estimated 594 transport planes lie strewn on mountainsides and in jungles across the old Hump route.” By Caroline Alexander IN NOVEMBER 1940, William Langhorne Bond embarked as a passenger on an historic flight….
“Happy New Year, Jerry!” — How a Clandestine Normandy Recon Mission Ended With a Laugh
“We both had our pistols in our hands. I really thought I was going to have to shoot him.” By Chuck Lyons ON NEW YEAR’S Eve 1943, a full five months before D-Day, two British…
Marshal Ney and PTSD — Did the Mental Health Affliction Shatter Napoleon’s ‘Bravest’ Marshal?
“Ney is considered a great hero of France, but he should also be seen as the victim of a condition that is still imperfectly understood.” By John Danielski “DAMN YOU, general! Where is your honor?”…
Shapur I — Meet the Third Century Persian King Who Crushed Three Roman Emperors
“The humiliation Shapur had inflicted on Rome must have conjured memories of Hannibal, and later emperors would seek to restore Roman dignity.” By Byron Waldron IN THE third century AD, monumental sculptures were erected across…
Air Corps vs. Navy — How Decades of Inter-Service Rivalry Left the U.S. Ill-Prepared for the Battle of the Atlantic
“In January 1942, the U-boat war reached the U.S. East Coast and 20 years of American Army-Navy rivalry made the German attack much more deadly.” By Col. Joseph T. Molyson, Jr. USAFR (Ret) ON A…
Operation Title — Inside the Daring Mission By Allied Frogman to Sink a German Battleship
“The Royal Navy retrofitted torpedoes with steering wheels and dubbed them Chariots.” By Rachel Lance IN THE winter of 1942, six British commandos and four Norwegian resistance fighters, armed with little more than a fishing…
