Confederate Secret Weapon – Mapmaker Jedediah Hotchkiss
Jedediah Hotchkiss’s migration to the Shenandoah Valley in 1847 at age 19 proved to be more fortuitous than he could imagine. His long exploratory treks…
Shaping War in Europe – Lessons Learned in the Spanish Civil War
In 1936-39, Spain was torn apart by civil war. Monstrous atrocities on all sides took place and nations/ideologies and people from all over the world…
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…
What Pearl Harbor Taught Asia…And the West
Is there any wisdom in fighting with your neighbor if your family is already mired in a dispute with someone else down the block? Any…
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…