Second front

In 1942, the German war machine was at the height of its power. France, the ‘hereditary enemy’, was defeated and occupied. In the Soviet Union, Army Group South was marching inexorably toward the Cauc

NATO AND SOVIET NAVAL AVIATION, 1949-89

● HISTORY IS FULL OF “WHAT-IFS?”, perhaps nowhere ...

When Buckingham Palace was hit by bombs on 15 September 1940, it brought the war to the very front door of King George VI and his wife Elizabeth, the Queen consort. Just over two weeks later, the war

Flight’s glamorous beginnings

LIFE AND DEATH FOR THE LUFTWAFFE IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN