During the Battle of Midway, a crippled U.S. Army B-26 bomber flew so close over Japan’s flagship Akagi that its crew ...

This article explores how WWII fighter designs reveal core reliability principles still essential in today’s industrial and ...

Hans-Joachim Marseille, also known as the Star of Africa and the best shot in the Luftwaffe, was one of the best fighter ...

The Marines, however, modified LVTs with ramps that allowed their men to penetrate the atoll on the northwest. Moreover, the ...

The potency of the US Navy’s air power increased at a bewildering rate during the second world war. From hair-raising early ...

Although NASA’s Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne served very different objectives, a closer look reveals that both missions ...

August 1939. HMS Kelly cost £500,000 to build—roughly £30 million today. She was fast, modern, heavily armed. Everything the ...

Ivan W. Atkins Jr., who survived the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor while serving aboard the battleship USS West ...