Airborne Aircraft Carriers of the early 1950’s by The Dakota Hunter
B-29 Super Fortress coupled to two EF-84 D’s with wing tips connected to each other in flight. During WWII, the flight range of the USAF…
American dream – Conscripted by Germany during WWII, soldier later builds life in America
Under the Treaty of Versailles, several German provinces became property of Poland after World War I, leaving many families to cling to their German identity…
The Indian Army and the End of the Raj – Review by Chris Buckham
Intratheatre civil conflict, with its roots in religion, tribalism or ethnic differences, represents some of the most brutal and savage of conflicts. When initiated by…
How Hitler And Hirohito Lead Their People Off A Cliff During A Depression
For eight years of the 20th century, the Japanese were on a Crusade. Their progress was driven by an eidolon of the Japanese as a…
Wheatcroft Collection: American Sherman M4 105mm Tank
The Wheatcroft Collection’s rare American Sherman M4 105mm tank is nearing completion. Pictures show the freshly restored 9 cylinder radial engine being dropped into the…
Aircraft Carriers – The Illustrated History of the World’s Most Important Warships – Review by Mark Barnes
The nice people at Zenith Press in the United States have been mailing me books via UPS for a while now and I always manage…
The Fierce Battle of Kozara – Yugoslav Partisan vs Wehrmacht
The official name of the battle is the Operation “West-Bosnien”, but it is also known as the 3rd Enemy Offensive. This battle was fought between…
A handful of heroes – Rorke’s Drift. Facts, Myths and Legends – Review by Mark Barnes
I doubt there are many visitors to WHO Towers who aren’t fans of classic war movies. The great era for them has long since passed and…
C-47s as Bombers, P-51 Mustangs vs Corsairs, The Very Last All Piston Prop Aerial War!
Believe it or not, this was a bitter reality in 1969 as the 4-Days War broke out between Honduras and El Salvador, in which only…
Leicester to Libya – Review by Mark Barnes
Read any of the great accounts of warfare from the major publishing houses and it will be apparent their reliance on primary sources for details…
Red Arrow Division – Local soldier killed while serving on New Guinea during World War II
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Jeremy P. Amick As the U.S. Army Center of Military History notes, the state of Missouri suffered the…
Stations of Coastal Command Then and Now – Review by Mark Barnes
Books from After The Battle continue to have a strong influence on me and during this hugely important year for me as a writer I…