May 1941: Operation “Merkur”, The Destruction Of The German Fallschirmjäger in Crete
The German invasion of Crete in May 1941 stands as a landmark in the history of airborne warfare. Up until that point, airborne operations had…
The Surrender of Japan Aboard the USS Missouri – All YOU Need To Know!
Imperial Japan announced its surrender on August 15, 1945. The surrender was formally signed a few weeks later, on September 2, 1945, halting the hostilities…
A Veteran Of The Normandy Landings – To brightly shine again?
During 2015 we saw the world remember the events of seventy years earlier and the end of World War 2, each passing day we lose…
The 10 Of The Biggest Military Planes Ever Built
We’ve flipped through the pages of aviation history to bring you ten of the biggest, heaviest, weirdest and most astounding aircraft ever built. Antonov An-225…
The Kubinka Tank Museum – The Tank Nut’s Dream!
Kubinka. The place every tanknut, World of Tanks player, modeler or armour enthusiast dreams of going to one day. This Russian museum houses one of…
Historic Aircraft Wreck Found. Is This The Wildcat Of US Ace James E Swett? By Roderick Eime
On my last trip to the Solomon Islands in October, I was fortunate to make my first dive on some of the historic aircraft wrecks…
Early Chinese Firearms Production – By Mislav Barić
Early records show that the discovery of gunpowder wasn’t a plan based on empirical knowledge. It was merely a coincidence and a result of consecutive…
The USSR: A Decisive Role During WWII – Decisive Battles and Characters
There is not one singular, conclusive reason for the decisiveness of the role of the USSR in the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany – more…
The USSR: A Decisive Role During WWII – Part 1: 1941-1944
There is not one singular, conclusive reason for the decisiveness of the role of the USSR in the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany – more…
True story: Mighty Eighth – October 14th 1943, Bassingbourn Airfield by Clive Stevens
October 14th 1943, Bassingbourn Airfield, Cambridgeshire. Jim Harlow recalled………………”We walked into the morning briefing feeling more than anxious. This was 04:30 Thursday morning and I…
Bombing Germany: The Allied Campaign 1940-44
In any time of ‘total war’ human beings, driven by the will to stay alive, will do un-imaginable things of one kind or another. War…
KAL-007 – The Boeing 747 Shot Down By Soviet Fighters Over International Waters
Excerpt provided by Randy Luethye, author of the newly released 2nd Edition of “The Cold War, KAL-007 & Communism: Intelligence Secrets Revealed.” It was the…