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The M4 Sherman is by some considered a strong World War II tank. Other historians hate it. Who has it right? “Quantity has a quality...
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The M4 Sherman is by some considered a strong World War II tank. Other historians hate it. Who has it right? “Quantity has a quality...
Out of 214 Ar 234s built, there remains one sole survivor today. It is on display at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in...
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...
In my 9 months at 19FortyFive (whoa Nellie, where does the time go?), Yours Truly has penned several articles on battleships, including: (1) the...
As my History Hit email subscription dutifully reminded me, yesterday (as this is written), 2 February, marked the 80th anniversary of the Battle of...
Was the B-24 bomber the best bomber in all of World War II? What about the B-17 or B-29? Here is the story of...
Spiders, in spite of their frightful reputation propagated by nursery rhymes like “Little Miss Muffet” and popular movies like Arachnophobia, are, by and large,...
Just recently, 19FortyFive began a multi-article series on the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Midway with a general overview of the battle and more coming...
In the previous installments of 19FortyFive’s ongoing coverage of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Midway, we (1) provided a general overview of...