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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…

American WWII Veteran’s Family Receives His Medals 70 After His Heroic Deeds

Claude Walker joined the US Army in 1941 with the world embroiled in World War II. He started with the basic training at Camp Upton…

12th Armored Division Memorial Museum Celebrates 15th Anniversary

Ian Harvey

The path to the 15th anniversary of the 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum is what William Lenches calls “a long, strange trip.” Lenches is the…

Dramatic Original Footage of American D-Day Landings At Omaha Beach (Watch)

Original, dramatic footage of the Normandy invasion which took place on June 6th, 1944. This footage follows the American soldiers as they begin the liberation…

Fast Facts – History of the Hand Grenade – An Essential Infantry Weapon In Modern Warfare

Hand grenades play an important part in modern war as lightweight and hard-hitting infantry weapons. But their development hasn’t been a steady one, and for…

Incredible Heroism Of Carrier Deck Crews Rescuing Trapped Pilots (Watch)

The unsung heroes of the aircraft carrier battles in the Pacific theater are without a doubt the deck crewmen. Working tirelessly to repair and prepare…

Reconditioned American B-29 Bomber ‘Doc’ Makes A Full One-Hour Test Flight

Besides the small problem with a landing gear motor the second flight of ‘Doc,’ a Second World War B-29 bomber, finished its second flight recently…

Veteran Served As Medic in Post-WWII Germany

Ian Harvey

John Fulenwider was an Army medic after World War II. Although he had little actual training in medicine, it was his task to care for…

Vintage Planes: Dornier Do 335 Pfeil – The Fastest Piston-Engine Fighter of WWII

Air power first became a significant part of warfare during WWI, but it was in WWII that it came to the forefront. Long range bombing…

Amazingly Preserved T-34 Tank With German Markings Pulled From Bog After 60 years (Watch)

In World War II, a Russian-built T-34 tank was captured by the Germans, repainted and used as their own. It was either stuck in battle…

Get Ready To Be Happy – This Low-Flying Lancaster Bomber Will Make Anyone’s Day (Watch)

Watch the Canadian Warplane Heritage Center Lancaster “Vera” making an incredible low pass, be sure to turn up the volume! The Avro Lancaster flown by…

Watch: This Is What Carpet Bombing Looks Like From The Bomb Bay

Joris Nieuwint

In this video a United States B-52 Stratofortress jet bomber is carpet bombing an uninhabited island used as a target with 45 M117 bombs during an…