Paradise on Fire — How Civilians Became the Forgotten Victims of the Battle for Saipan
“The contest between the two powers unleashed a nightmare upon the island’s civilian population, sparing no one from the tragedies of war.” By George Yagi Jr. LOCATED IN the western Pacific, the Mariana Islands were…
Bermuda at War – How Britain’s Atlantic Island Territory Played a Role in Eight Different Conflicts
“During the war, Bermuda teemed with Allied naval and air force personnel: British, American and Canadian.” By Bob Richards BERMUDA does not exactly loom large in the annals of military history. When most people think…
The Battle of Beecher Island — How a Small Frontier Clash Became a Harbinger of Decades of War on the American Plains
“The settlement of the West was a collision of irreconcilable cultures, and all the key actors in the struggle were represented— the army, the Natives, the settlers. The small island they fought over was a…
The F4U Corsair – A Brief History of America’s Legendary Gull-Winged Fighter
“By 1944, the Corsair was being deployed in the Pacific in ever-increasing numbers. Japanese pilots quickly learned to fear it.” By Marc Liebman BETWEEN Grumman and Vought Aircraft, the United States produced two of the…
Operation Unthinkable – Inside Churchill’s Abortive Plan to Drive the Red Army From Eastern Europe
“If the Western Allies could inflict a rapid and crushing defeat on the Red Army, then Stalin would be forced to rethink his planned domination of Eastern Europe.” By Giles Milton AS STALIN’S Red Army…
Six Minutes at Midway – Inside the Moment the Tide Turned in the Pacific War
“In just six minutes, three-quarters of the Japanese carrier force at Midway had been destroyed.” By Jim Stempel IT WAS JUST after 10 a.m., June 4, 1942, and Air Group Commander C. Wade McClusky Jr….
