The Brave Women of the Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was the first major all-aircraft campaign of World War II. It was marked with several episodes of intense aerial combats. Swarms…
Top Bombers & Pilots of WW2
The intense fighting of World War II produced many missions. Many pilots received a break after 25 missions, but others pilots flew more. This sometimes…
9 American Cold War Tanks
The Second World War solidified the position of tanks as a vital tool in the modern military arsenal. And so, over the course the Cold…
Hitler’s House in The Center of the Scandal in Austria
On April 20, 1889 in the town of Braunau am Inn in Austria-Hungary, a woman gave birth to a boy who would grow up to…
List of Danish Nazis Made Available Online
In the years following the fall of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989, citizens of those countries were able to go through many of the…
In The Dark Shadows Of History – Nightmare At The Rapido
January 20-22, 1944 It was the dead of winter in January of 1944. In the space of 48 hours, the 36th Division would lose over…
“Sawn-Off Lockie” The Most Successful British Pilot During the Battle of Britain
Eric Stanley Lock might have been called “Sawn-Off Lockie” due to his rather petite stature, but he was more than just a short airman from…
Fuel Tanks Empty, He Engaged The German, Shot Him Down & Somehow He Managed To Get Back to Base
When, on a fateful night, Jack Adams saw an aircraft belonging to the enemy, he had no idea that his choice to go after it…
The Plan Called For 1000 Steamships, The War Ended & They Were Left to Rot
During World War I. When the United States joined the Entente in 1917, it needed soldiers and supplies in large numbers quickly. Though mustering men…
Lucky Escape for Scottish Fisherman Who Finds WWII Depth Charge in Net
Glenn Gallagher was fishing for prawns in his boat, The Two Boys, just days before Christmas 2018 when he felt something heavier than normal in…
Landed ‘Blind’: Shots Devastated the Hurricane’s Perspex Canopy, Throwing Splinters of Perspex Into His Eyes
His flying career reached its end just three years after he joined the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF). But the events surrounding his fate, and…
Dreyse Needle-Gun: The Rifle That Won the Austro-Prussian War and Gave Birth to the German Nation
History runs its course, but, sometimes, there are things that push said course in a specific direction. There are examples from the past of how…