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The Heinkel He 177 Flaming Coffin, The German Heavy Dive Bomber The Luftwaffe Hated

The Heinkel He 177 Greif (Griffin) was an aircraft doomed from the start of its inception. Its design was intrinsically flawed, its engines frequently caught…

Essential Facts: Four Of The Deadliest Battles of the 20th Century

The books of history are filled with stories of wars. History speaks itself for the fact that we have failed at avoiding wars from ancient…

The Tide Turns On The Unstoppable Mongol Invasion

Malcolm Higgins

There are few military forces more infamous and renowned in history than the Mongolian armies of the 13th Century. They swept through Asia and into…

The Forgotten South Vietnamese Soldiers of the Vietnam War

Ian Harvey

April 30th, 1975, was the day that South Vietnamese veterans of the Vietnam War lost their country. That’s the day the North Vietnamese finally won…

Tragic But Fascinating Story Of American B-24 Bomber ‘Lady Be Good’ – Crashed In 1943, Found in 1958

The wreckage of a USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) plane that went missing during its first and last mission in the Second World War…

The Axis Powers: How A Handful Of Individuals Changed The World

David Herold

The Second World War was a transformative event in global history. More than a hundred million soldiers took part in the hostilities. Sixty to eighty…

How The British Won Their War At Home, With A Very British Weapon – Pies

Autumn 1940 was Britain’s darkest hour. Hitler had conquered Europe and was on the verge of conquering Britain. The US had yet to join the…

The Chaplain to a Polish Lancer Regiment in World War II, Who Died Of Natural Causes In Scotland

Father Karol Bik was stationed in the Arbroath area of Scotland with the 14thJazlowiecki Lancers Regiment, making him the chaplain for some of the first…

When The US Navy Came Of Age, Showing For The First Time What It Could Do

Gabe Christy

Sweat poured down the brows of eight American sailors, their white-knuckled fists gripping long oars. The bosun bellowed at them to pull for their lives…

Veterans From All-Black Aviation Unit On How They Overcame Racial Bias During WW2

Ian Harvey

Charles McGee was an accomplished World War II fighter pilot and Army Captain. Ten years later, he was unable to get a job as a…

The Coldest Part Of The Cold War – Fought On The Frozen Antarctic Landmass

We Present This Guest Blog – By Luciano Camaño For the time being, the South Pole remains a zone of peace and science. Nevertheless, firearms were…

The British Army Crusader Tank Was Flawed And Unreliable In Combat

When the British Army introduced the A15 Crusader, it presented a new kind of balance in armored warfare ― a swift tank with enough firepower…