The appearance of the bombers in mass was the turning point in the aerial warfare of World War II. The era of sportsmanlike, ...
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Avro Lancaster has flown to Duxford to begin a planned period of maintenance that will see it miss the 2026 ...
Kyoko Murakami, PhD works for the University of Westminster. She is affiliated with the Burma Campaign Society. To mark 80 years since the end of the second world war, a group of ten Japanese people ...
Britain’s survival in World War 2 depended on air power. At the cutting edge were high-performance fighter planes, dishing ...
The forces of major belligerents produced many iconic warbirds during the Second World War. The rotary, radial, and V-powered Focke Wulf 190, P-51 Mustang, Supermarine Spitfire, P-47 Thunderbolt, ...
In a bonus edition of our defence newsletter, Richard Cockett takes us back to 1066—and the Battle of Hastings ...
Audie Murphy holds the distinction of being the most decorated soldier in American history. He received 33 awards for his actions during WW2, including the Medal of Honor. Murphy’s stature as a ...
The Midway-class aircraft carrier was instrumental in American naval operations around the world spanning from the end of ...