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March 1943. The North Atlantic in winter is not a place of mercy. The swells rise 20 feet, then 30. Gray green walls of water…

On November 21st, 1912, at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, a new super battleship was launched into the water. This was JN Hi, named after the…

At 8:20 on 31st December 1942, lookouts on HMS Objurat spotted three German destroyers closing on convoy J 51B from the west. Within seconds, the…

In the summer of 1943, German Naval Command believed the Atlantic was still under control. Uboats were still sailing. Orders were still being issued. Radio…

At 0230 hours on July 27th, 1942, Major David Sterling watched runway lights flicker on across Sidihan airfield. 18 jeeps, 58 men, 72 Vicar’s K…

The de Havlin mosquito should not have worked. In 1938, by normal military thinking, Jeffrey De Havlin’s idea sounded crazy. A bomber made almost all…

16th of December 1943, the moment an experienced German night fighter crew switched off their Lichenstein radar after completing patrol and entered the landing circuit…

At 2219 hours on February 3rd, 1945, flight left tenant James Flint was about to make a decision that would kill 347 people without dropping…

At 11:32 on the morning of December 20th, 1943, Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown clutched the controls of his B17 bomber over Bremen, Germany, watching 250…