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This American fighter pilot claimed 16 kills across two wars – and was also a college football star

The American aerial mission over battle-scarred Western Europe may have been short and sweet, but one pilot managed to stand out from the rest of…

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

In this video a US B-52 Stratofortress jet bomber is carpet bombing an uninhabited island used as target with 45 M117s bombs during an exercise.…

For 59 Days 30 Soviet Soldiers Were Under Siege In This House, They Never Surrendered

The Battle of Stalingrad is one of the best-known battles of WWII. The siege of the city that lasted from 23rd of August, 1942 to…

Amazing Drone Footage Of Abandoned WWII & Soviet Airbase! (Watch)

Take a look at this great drone footage of the Sperenberg Airfield. The military complex, constructed originally for the Prussian Army, was adapted for rocket…

Rare Soviet T-34 Tank Recovered from River Bed

The last remaining Soviet T-34-76 tank produced at the Stalingrad Tractor Factory was recovered from the Don River in southern Russia. The recovery operation was…

Operation Sealion: Hitler’s Plan to Invade Britain

Great Britain’s success in holding out against Nazi Germany has become the stuff of national legend. The only country in Western Europe to successfully stand…

With His Brother KIA On Crete, The Sniper Stalked And Killed 33 German Snipers

Jeff Edwards

Men who have endured combat together have a special bond that has famously been characterized as being like a “Band of Brothers.” One can only…

World War I German Sub Destroyed After Discovery Of Unexploded Torpedo

100 years after it sank in World War I, the German U-boat UC-32 was destroyed off the coast of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear. A…

Bob Cowper, WWII Pilot, Racehorse Trainer and Family Man Remembered

In 2007, ‘Chasing Shadows’, the biography of Bob Cowper, was published detailing the exploits of one of Australia’s most decorated WWII pilots.  Bob Cowper was…

Unclaimed Remains of Veterans Interred in Ceremony

A funeral service was held at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado, for thirty veterans whose remains were never claimed after wars stretching back…

Dauntless Dive-Bomber Found in Lake Michigan to be Restored at Portage Air Zoo

Until recently, no one knew that Lake Michigan was home to a World War II relic. The Dauntless dive-bomber plane sat at the bottom of…

10 Things You Need To Know About Hermann Goering

Hermann Goering was born on the 12th of January 1893, as a son of a wealthy German diplomat, Heinrich Goering, who pursued an overseas career,…