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Key Points: In the early 1930s, the U.S. Navy explored the concept of flying aircraft carriers with the rigid airships USS Akron and USS...
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Key Points: In the early 1930s, the U.S. Navy explored the concept of flying aircraft carriers with the rigid airships USS Akron and USS...
As Americans celebrate Memorial Day, it’s essential to remember the sacrifices made by those who fought for the country’s freedom. This year’s Memorial Day...
During the Second World War, the U.S. became the first nation to adopt a semiautomatic battle rifle as a standard issue weapon for her...
Apart perhaps from the B-17 “Flying Fortress,” no other World War II aircraft is as famous as the Supermarine Spitfire. The British-made single-seat fighter...
The heyday of the dive bomber was relatively short, spanning roughly the years from 1938 to 1945. Precision-guided munitions and improved anti-aircraft defenses rendered...
Any war has its share of strange moments, ranging from hilarious to stranger than fiction. The Second World War, the largest conflict in human...
The Second World War unsurprisingly saw the employment of many a famous machine gun, carrying forward the deadly legacy that the weapon type first...
Masterminded by small arms designer Heinrich Volmer (1885-1961), the MG (Maschinengewehr) 34 was initially designed in 1934 – hence the digital portion of the...
Tirpitz was indeed a sister ship to the Bismarck. Named for Imperial German Großadmiral (“Grand Admiral”) Alfred von Tirpitz, (1849-1930), she was laid down...
There are several truly “famous” or even “infamous” submachine guns, notably the Tommy Gun and the Uzi, but then there is the iconic World...