an article by John A Walker about the firemen and women who fought the fires started by Nazi bombers in the 1940s and who were also artists depicting the events
THE ENEMY PILOT “Thud…thud…thud!” Emily listened to the explosions intently. Would she survive the night’s bombing, she asked herself. “THUD…THUD…” Now the sounds were coming closer. “Don’t worry,”...
Donovan Aird's Cal Poly senior research project, completed in March 2009, analyzes the history of SLAM magazine, and assesses whether tenets of its business model could be applied to football today...
The Blitz
In the summer of 1940, Hitler decided to invade Britain. His plan was to take control of the English Channel by destroying the Royal Airforce and then to send German troops into Britain t...