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United States Navy Is Upgrading Its Amphibious Operations

The United States Navy has nearly finished construction of its first two recent, high-tech ship-to-shore connectors for maritime operations designed to move greater numbers of…

Hitler’s Island Beach Resort in Germany Opens for Vacationers

The island of Rügen, Germany, has a three-mile-beach resort that was built by Adolf Hitler. Part of that resort is now a luxury holiday destination.…

Airmen Pitch In To Help Restore Historic WW2 Bunker and Repaint Sherman Tank

Men from the USAF 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron based at Spangdahlem Air Base have been helping to restore portions of a WWII bunker at Fort Aubin…

Hitler’s “Wolf’s Lair” As It Is Today – The Military Headquarters for the Eastern Front (Pictures & Video)

Damian Lucjan

The Wolf’s Lair, or the in German Wolfsschanze, was one of many Fuhrer’s Headquarters located near the Eastern Front. Adolf Hitler did not want to repeat…

Notorious Nazi Julius Streicher – The Evil Voice Of Anti-Semitism

The notorious Nazi Party member, Julius Streicher, wasn’t part of the military nor did he participate in the planning of the Holocaust. Nevertheless, on the…

The History of Armored Trains And Why They Are Now A Thing Of The Past

Armored trains are a relic of the past by today’s standards but in the late 19th and early 20th century, these big steel-plated locomotives besieged…

Must-See Historical War Items To See At The Smithsonian

Holly Godbey

The Smithsonian National Museum of History is a treasure trove of historical items, from not only every war in American history, but every time period,…

Camp X – The Allies’ Secret Training School for World War II Spies and Elite Agents

On the shores of Lake Ontario between Whitby and Oshawa is an area now known as Intrepid Park. Very little of what remains today hints at…

Unique! Flying a Drone Over A Massive German FLAK Bunker From WW2

Following the raid on Berlin by the Royal Air Force in 1940, the construction of 3 huge flak towers was ordered by Adolf Hitler. These…

Even The Germans Suggested The VC: Irish Guard Who Held off the Enemy Single Handed for 20 Minutes

Jeff Edwards

A nation can desire for a war to be over all they want, but the inevitable fact of war is that the enemy always gets…

32 Tragic, Sad, But Fascinating Colorised Images of WWII

Many thanks go to Doug Banks and his team – the masters of colourisation.  The beauty of these colourised images is that colour, allows you…

8 Of The Worst Leaders In Military History

Ian Harvey

There are few figures more inspiring than a great commander. But few disasters are worse than putting the wrong man in charge. Publius Quintilius Varus…