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Paul Kennedy states the same in Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. Nazi Germany needed hard currency.

Unfortunately, with the state of the German economy in 1940, the option of Germany just pulling out of France was pretty much nil. They...

Dear colleagues! You do not have enough information on the aviation of the Soviet Union throughout the history of World War 2. Those...

In Unbroken, Louis Zamperrini gives a first hand account of the B-24 crash landing at sea. He describes the landing as more of crash...

I remembered there was a NOVA Episode on Flight 19 that discussed ditching characteristics of the TBF/TBM. I was pleasantly surprised...

I think of the Fall of 1942 as the high water mark of the Axis in all Theaters. After Guadalcanal, El Alamein, Torch, and Stalingrad...

It might not have been as historically accurate as many hoped it could have been, but I think it was moving and entertaining. I looked...

Just watched the final episode. Sure the series had a lot of inaccuracies, but I still enjoyed it. Not going to let that stuff ruin it...

The XP-54 was named the "Ascender". In true Yankee fashion, it was nick-named the "Ass Ender".

The P-26 belongs to the Planes of Fame Air Museum. The president is Steve Hinton, the chief pilot is Kevin Eldridge, and John Maloney...

If I weren't on the East Coast I'd be glad to volunteer to count screws or sweep floors.

The prototype XP-75 has to be on the top 5 list. I think its an example of a big corporation lobbying to build anything for the War...

Awesome. How does the group chose who has the honor to fly the P-26?

Last weekend, for the first time in a few years, we flew our Boeing P-26 on a wet day with a few light sprinkles...

when you read about the dispersed production, and how quickly production ramped up its incredible it was all done without even a fax...