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WW2 German Ace Stumbled Across a Crippled B-17 and Escorted It Home

Truly touching moments of humanity, ethics and morals are rather rare in warfare. The Christmas Truce of WWI was an excellent example of such humanity,…

Video! The U-2 Dragon Lady Is Landed With The Help Of 140-Mph Chase Cars!

As you watch this video, you can see that landing a U-2 isn’t an easy task to accomplish, the Landing is Accomplished With The Help…

The Argentinian Side of the Falklands War

The Falklands War is often perceived, from the British perspective, as a victory that confirmed the British imperial status in the post-WWII world. It won…

Top 5 Guns… With Weird Extra Features From a Bottle Opener to an Anti-Aircraft Sight! Check out the Video!

Joris Nieuwint

Some firearms are very bizarre, and some are relatively conventional yet have the odd feature or two built in. In this episode TFBTV takes a…

The Beautiful American Ship USS Constitution Was Built In 1797 And Is Still Afloat Today

“Old Ironsides”, the USS Constitution, has been through it all and lived to tell about it – as her nickname suggests. Built of a study oak,…

The Imperial Japanese Air Forces Failed in World War 2 (Watch)

Two Raids On Pearl Harbor Everyone knows about the first bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Less well known, however, was the second attack. And…

WWII Veterans Fire Weapons from the War for Reunion

The Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore invited four WWII veterans and their families to come to a gun range in Marriottsville to fire WWII-era weapons.…

Japanese Fuji Firepower Demonstration 2016 – 26 Photos and a Video!

Ground Self-Defense Forces take part in the Fuji Firepower 2016 Review (Demonstration) at Higashi-Fuji, near Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture. The annual exercise, which is open to…

Firing The Biggest Gun Of WWII, The 80cm Railway Gun ‘Schwerer Gustav’

Schwerer Gustav – This was the name given to a German 80 cm railway gun, a huge piece of artillery designed to be shot from…

The Sturmtiger – Massive WW2 Tank With 380mm Rocket Launcher (Watch)

The Sturmtiger (‘Assault Tiger’) was an assault gun used by the Germans during World War II. It was built to support troops fighting in towns…

The Massive 72 Ton Jagdtigers In This WWII Footage Are Not Looking For A Fight; They Are Surrendering

The Herman Jagtiger tank destroyer was the heaviest armored vehicle produced during World War II. It weighed 72 tons and had a 128 mm gun.…

Thomas Hudner, Who Crashed his Plane to Save a Friend and Was Awarded the Medal Of Honor

Between November 27th, and December 13th, 1950, 30,000 United Nations troops fought a desperate defense while surrounded by 120,000 Chinese soldiers. The U.N. troops were part…