The Great War – 3 Great Books for History Lovers – Book Review
This is the first of a sequence of round-ups where the WHO Reviews Dept holds a summer clearance of the books I have amassed in…
German Infantry Tactics of World War II
All battles fought in history have depended to a greater extent on the technique of foot soldiers and World War II was no different. Infantry…
China’s Copy Cat Jets – Shenyang J-11B
The Shenyang J-11 looks familiar made from the designs of the Soviet Sokhumi Su-27 air superiority fighter. The plan was stolen from the Soviets and…
“Slow But Deadly” – Douglas SBD Dauntless Dive-bomber with 26 Photos
SBD is an acronym for Scout Bomber Douglas, but the performance of the Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber, especially in the Battle of Midway, earned…
“Diggers and Doughboys” Highlight September Events at National WWI Museum and Memorial
The opening of a special exhibition exploring the military relationship between the United States and Australia through art, the fourth annual Night at the Tower…
Montana Battleships – Size Matters in the Huge Legend of the Montana Class BB
Reputation can be just as daunting as reality, and never is that truer than during wartime. When the enemy is frightened of what he might…
Best Union Generals Not Named “Grant” and “Sherman” – We Picked 3
Very generally speaking, most American Civil War professors, informal historians, and novices can easily tick off a list of well-known and talented Confederate generals. The…
Woman At War Remembered: Chapelle Set An Unparalleled Bar For Bravery
It is likely that when Georgette Meyer was born in America’s mid-west in the early 20th century, her parents envisioned for her a life as…
MiG-19 – 1st Soviet Supersonic Fighter
In the early 1950s, as the world’s superpowers realized that a Cold War was inevitable, the United States and the Soviet Union began to compete…
Rebel Massacre of American Troops at Balangiga – The Bells of Tragedy
On the eve of September 28, 1901, a religious fiesta was in full swing at the village of Balangiga, located at the Southern coast of…
SS Monster of Treblinka – “Lalke” Kurt Hubert Franz
Kurt Hubert Franz was the commander at the Treblinka extermination camp, and one of the largest war criminals of the Holocaust, he was born in…
Sub Hunter – Douglas B-18 Bolo in Photos
The Douglas B-18 Bolo served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) in the late 1930s and early…