The unpleasant wartime reality for the Tuskegee Airmen was that, in addition to a determined enemy, they had to fight their own side for the right to serve.
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The show explores the American role in the European air war with care and sensitivity.
The American military buildup in Britain –popularly known as the “friendly invasion” – was an unprecedented moment in British history.
Once teeming with life, many of Britain’s wartime airfields are abandoned and full of the ghostly memories.
Elite groups often become trapped in echo chambers.
When it comes to writing historical fiction, one author finds that it’s the very human details that resonate with the reader.
The technical and political issues at play in launching air attacks that may harm civilians.
It took nearly two years for the Royal Navy to tell the story of the heroic voyage of the crippled submarine HMS Triumph.
We can celebrate Dame Vera while rejecting racist myths about Second World War Britain and those who seek to use Lynn to advance a xenophobic nostalgia.
As it faced imminent Nazi invasion, Britain needed heroes. The RAF provided one ready made: a fighter pilot with no legs.
You have to be smart and fast to be a fighter pilot – but perhaps the most surprising challenge is the clothes you have to wear.
The science behind the famous World War II attack masterminded by Barnes Wallis.
The chaos that led to a disastrous attack in the final days of WWII.
David Cameron talks like he can change the fight against Islamic State. But Britain’s international role has been dwindling for years.
PM wants more unmanned intervention but he should be wary of putting all his eggs in one basket.
The true scale of the war against IS has gone largely unremarked on – until now.
The UK’s air assault on Islamic State (IS) began with two RAF Tornado GR4 bombers attacking targets in Iraq: one using a Paveway IV precision-guided munition (PGM) to destroy an IS heavy weapon position…
The Reaper drone pilot and sensor operator stared intently at the bank of screens in front of them, their concentration fixed on one individual. Their target had been identified by more than one intelligence…
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Reader in Modern Political History, Loughborough University
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Principal of South College, Durham University
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Professor of Applied Ethics and Director, Security and Risk Research, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Human and Applied Physiology, University of Portsmouth
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Professor in Communication Studies, McMaster University
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Associate Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in Air Power Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Engineering Dynamics and Vibration, University of Cambridge
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Stirling
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PhD Candidate, School of Art and Humanities, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Psychology, Edge Hill University
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Senior Lecturer in History, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Professor of International Security, University of Bath
