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All category topics on the military, political, social, and cultural aspects of the Second World War.
All category topics on the military, political, social, and cultural aspects of the Second World War.
The following article on war in the Pacific during World War Two is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In December 1941 the Imperial Japanese Navy alone combined ships, aircraft, and doctrine in…
The following article on the Doolittle Raid is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Though the U.S. Army and Navy had a long rivalry for funding and missions, the pressure of wartime…
The following article on Operation Torch is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Until late 1942 much of northwestern Africa (Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco) was under control of the Vichy French government,…
The following article on the HMS Avenger and Dasher is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. As the Guadalcanal campaign peaked in the Pacific, American carriers prepared for a major Allied offensive…
The Origins of Operation Pedestal Operation Pedestal was an operation by the British to provide supplies to Malta in 1942 during World War II in order to attack Axis forces in North Africa During the summer of 1942 the British Fleet Air Arm (FAA) was increasingly concerned with fighter direction…
The following article on the HMS Audacity is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Probably no warship had a more varied career in the Second World War than HMS Audacity. Launched in…
The following article on naval aviators is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The first naval aviators The U.S. Navy’s General Board had suggested an aircraft carrier construction program in 1918, but…
The following article on the escort carrier program is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Among the miracles of production in the Second World War was America’s escort carrier program. For…
The following article on Japanese strategy in Pearl Harbor is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Japanese strategy in Pearl Harbor was based on relying on naval airpower over land-based planes.…
The following article regarding the question of what did Hitler believe in is an excerpt from Richard Weikart's book Hitler's Religion: The Twisted Beliefs that Drove the Third Reich. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The question "What did Hitler believe in?" is not a sterile academic controversy over the…
