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Arthur Aaron Royal Air Force Victoria Cross Turin, Italy Aug. 12–13, 1943 In 2001 the citizens of Leeds, England, erected a bronze statue in honor of Acting Flight Sergeant Arthur Louis Aaron, an RAF bomber pilot and Leeds’ only World War II Victoria Cross winner. Unveiled by the last survivor of Aaron’s crew, the statue …
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The Speed-Up KingIn 1940, a Danish machinist helped jump-start America’s transformation from carmaker to weapons giant. Sunday, May 26, 1940, was a momentous day on both sides of the Atlantic. On t… Read MoreTeddy Suhren’s Last PatrolLong-lost photographs document the final mission of a U-boat rebel. At 9:30 p.m. on July 9, 1942, the German submarine U-564 slipped out of the harbor at Brest, on the northwest co… Read MoreWWII Letters from Readers- February 2010More Than a Machine Ronald H. Bailey’s “The Incredible Jeep” was extremely interesting and obviously well researched (September 2009). He comments that GIs and generals alike consi… Read MoreClose Call Near BastogneIn villages leading into Bastogne, two American battalions stave off a massive panzer assault. In the villages around Bastogne on December 24, 1944, American and German commanders … Read MoreWWII Book Review: Japan’s Imperial ArmyJapan’s Imperial Army: Its Rise and Fall, 1853–1945 By Edward J. Drea. 332 pp. University Press of Kansas, 2009. $34.95. This is the perfect meeting of author and subject: Edward J… Read More
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