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The He 178 made her maiden flight – with Flugkapitan (Flight Captain) Erich Warsitz at the controls – on 27 August 1939, a mere four days before the...
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The He 178 made her maiden flight – with Flugkapitan (Flight Captain) Erich Warsitz at the controls – on 27 August 1939, a mere four days before the...
Out of 7,377 Avro Lancasters built, 17 survive today, two of which are airworthy: tail number PA474, which is operated by the Battle of...
After the war, the newly-independent U.S. Air Force converted a number of its Mitchells into unarmed transports and training craft, with the last such...
The Scharnhorst was far from the most heavily armed battleship deployed by the Kriegsmarine—but she arguably was its most successful. She and sistership Gneisenau...
The Imperial Japanese Navy wasn’t the first naval power to develop an aircraft carrier, but they were arguably the first true naval aviation pioneers....
What If Hitler Was Killed During World War I? Legend has it that on September 28, 1918, a wounded Private Adolf Hitler lay in the sights of...
There has been growing concern in recent years over the state of U.S. Arctic defenses. In fact, few Americans remember that Alaskan islands seized...
Why the US Navy passed on the Montana-class battleships. Today, no navy in the world operates the slow, lumbering battleships of earlier years. However,...
As my History Hit email subscription dutifully reminded me, yesterday (as this is written), 2 February, marked the 80th anniversary of the Battle of...
Did Hitler Have Anyway to Invade the US During World War II? A 5 Minute Answer – It is a common theme in science fiction...