US airpower
Onwards and upwards a timeline tracing the developing fortunes and many incarnations of America's air force in the 2oth century.
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Operation Downfall: The planned invasions of Japan, 1945-1946
What would have happened if Japan hadn’t surrendered? David Porter examines the Allied plans for the largest amphibious assault of all time.
Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima, and the surrender of Japan
REVIEW BY ANDREW MULHOLLAND Most of us have an opinion about the two atomic attacks made by the United States on Japan in August 1945, which brought about the end of the Second World War, and most of us probably…
Military History Competition: win a copy Max Hastings’ Bomber Command
This issue, we’re giving away two copies of Max Hastings’ classic book Bomber Command, courtesy of The Folio Society.
Filming begins on new Spielberg WWII miniseries
The series is based on Donald L Miller’s non-fiction book of the same name on the American 8th Air Force.
The Genesis of Air Power, 1909 – 1916
Neil Faulkner begins a short series on the history of airpower and its impact on the evolution of modern warfare.
The Fighting Forces of Okinawa
Alexander Izza reviews the strategy, tactics, weapons, and morale of the opposing forces in the culminating land battle of the Pacific War.
What is the significance of the Dambusters legend?
MHM Editor Neil Faulkner analyses the RAF’s controversial strategic bombing campaign.