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Barrett Tillman has ties to the US Air Force, Navy and Marines and the Royal Navy. A pilot, he has hundreds of hours in historic aircraft. A historical lecturer, he has appeared at the Smithsonian, the Naval War College and on various TV channels and has written more than 40 books. 'When the...

The year 1942 began badly for the Allies. German U-boats were indiscriminately sinking merchant shipping off America's east coast and in the Caribbean. Allied fortunes were no better in the Far East under the relentless Japanese advance. America was struggling to hold the Philippines, while the...