New Book Provides Long-Awaited Ground-Level Look at Combat Effectiveness
The exploration of unusual subjects—anything from flora and fauna to the effect of weather on the fighting—has increased greatly for Civil War audiences in recent
Sharpshooter Billy Dixon Owes His Legacy to His Widow
In the end William “Billy” Dixon cared far less about being a legend or hero than he did about the vibrancy of life he had
Build the Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Zero That Became a Focus for U.S. Intelligence
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero came as a shock to many in the west. Quick and incredibly maneuverable, it could outfly nearly everything in the sky.
Yes, Buzz Aldrin Walked on the Moon But We Asked Him About His Fighter Jock Days
Buzz Aldrin. (Randy Glass Studio) When Military History sought an interview with Buzz Aldrin, he initially demurred. The second human being ever to walk on
Donald L. Miller’s ‘Masters of the Air’
Donald L. Miller’s massive book Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany came out in 2007 and
Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, Set to Star in President Garfield Assassination Historical Drama
Michael Shannon (“Nocturnal Animals”) is to play assassinated President James A. Garfield with Matthew Macfadyen (“Succession”) as his killer Charles Guiteau in a new series, “Death by
During Reconstruction Southern Planters Called on the US Army to Enforce an Old Status Quo
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 entirely upended society in the American South, enfranchising Black men across the states of the former Confederacy and placing those
Special Guest Star: The B-17
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress has found itself back in the spotlight after the January 26 debut of the AppleTV+ miniseries Masters of the Air.
The Americans Had the B1. The Soviets Doubled Down with the Blackjack
The Cold War was at its coldest in the 1960s, with the United States and the Soviet Union each engaged in massive military buildups to
Why Did Lincoln and McClellan Fail to Connect?
On the first page of Conflict of Command, George Rable posits, “People have largely made up their mind about George McClellan—and not in the general’s