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Ham & Jam – The Daring Glider Operation To Take Pegasus Bridge

On the night before D-Day, as part of the Allied invasion of Normandy, 181 men of the Glider Infantry of the British 6th Airborne Division…

Polish Agency Looking to Remove Soviet-Era Monuments

Ian Harvey

An agency in Poland is trying to have Soviet monuments removed from the streets and installed in “educational parks”. The agency claims that the monuments…

Breathtaking Drone Footage Flying Over The First World War Battlefields Of Verdun

In this Drone footage by Gauthier Lefebvre, we will take a look at the battle for Verdun as we’ve never seen it before. We fly over…

5 Fast Facts – Bringing the USA Into The War – Japan Attacks America At Pearl Harbor (Watch)

Five Things about the attack on Pearl Harbor that may be new to you, we start with two and the rest follows in the video.…

The Huge Scale Of This US Airforce Warplane Boneyard In Arizona Is Mindblowing

Arizona is the final resting place of US Airforce’s aircraft and has been since World War Two ended. There are thousands of aircraft that have…

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – The Curse Of The War Veteran, From Ancient Times To The Present Day

By Guest Blogger Helen Fraser For War History Online Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder or ‘PTSD’ is a very familiar term nowadays. We associate it most with war veterans and,…

Fantastic! Starting & Driving The Only Operational King Tiger In The World (Watch)

The common name of Nazi Germany’s heavy tank is “Tiger II” but it is also known under the informal name Königstiger. This often is translated…

A Fleet Of 40 Ancient Ships Found In The Mysterious ‘Dead Zone’ Of The Black Sea – The Discovery Of A Graveyard

Research scientists discovered more than 40 vessels at the bottom of the Black Sea. They have been there for centuries and are perfectly preserved –…

MATILDA DIARIES Part 7 – Follow The Renovation Of This Historic Second World War Tank

Following on from the news regarding the Matilda II renovation, a new series of videos are being produced for The Tank Museum YouTube channel that will…

A Taste of Her Father’s Experiences – Daughter Who Flew In Her Father’s Corsair F4U

After a flight, recently, in a Corsair F4U once flown by Ferril Purdy, his daughter Gayla Maier said to him, after jumping from the plane,…

Mark V** – A Longer Tank For Wider Trenches – WW1 Innovations (Watch)

When the Germans realized what a threat tanks could be, they made their trenches wider to trap them; one answer to this was to build…

USS Orleck Naval Museum Board – Time is Running Out – Salvage Yard in the Ship’s Future

The 71-year-old ship needs support now – both financially and with volunteers. As of now, there are only three weeks for the members of the…