Breathtaking maneuverability made the Mitsubishi A6M “Zero” in the Pacific Theater a formidable foe through early 1942, but the plane had hidden flaws: it could not take...

The Luftwaffe’s airlift capability emerged almost by accident. Influenced by the airpower concepts of Giulio Douhet—the famous strategic bombing theorist—it was believed...

Maj. Robert Thorne, assigned to the G-3 section of the 70th Infantry Division (Trailblazers), was a busy man by mid-February 1945. In between his normal duties of maintai...