World War II
Italy’s Macchi C.202 Folgore Was a Great WWII Plane.…
The Folgore’s lightweight construction (weighing around 5,500 pounds) and responsive handling earned…
Why the Soviet Union’s Yak-3 Fighter Was the Perfect…
This bird is an enduring symbol of Soviet resistance—and perseverance—during the darkest days of…
Britain’s Gloster Meteor Summed Up in 5 Words
Ultimately, the Meteor was not great and not terrible. It was a steady, reliable bird, and proved…
The Fairey Barracuda Bomber Was a Nazi Sailor’s Worst…
The Fairey Barracuda made history as the first English all-metal aircraft built for dive-bombing and…
The Squid Was a Deadly ASW Successor to the WWII…
The mechanical Squid proved to be particularly deadly to Nazi German Kriegsmarine U-boats and their…
McDonnell XP-67 “Moonbat”: The Plane That Didn’t Quite…
While the Moonbat never quite made it out of the prototype stage, the aircraft marked a promising…
The Ju 87 Stuka: Hitler’s Screaming Terror in the Skies…
The Stuka was as much a psychological warfare weapon as it was an actual weapon of war. Before…
Operation Barney: How WWII U.S. Navy Submarines Took…
Operation Barney was conceptualized by Vice Admiral Lockwood to avenge the loss of the USS Wahoo and…
Nazi Submariners Were Right to Fear the World War II…
The mechanical Hedgehog proved itself to be a deadly predator and killer of Axis submarines. When…
The World War II Bell Airacuda Artillery Plane Was Full…
In spite of all the safety issues, only two Airacudas were lost in accidents. The barracuda (genus …
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