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17 Images of Damaged B-17 Bombers That Miraculously Made It Home

The B-17 Flying Fortress was famous for being able to take a lot of damage and still make it back to base. We have collected…

U-1206 – The Only Sub to be Sunk By a Dump on the Toilet

The U-1206 was commissioned on March 16, 1944 and a type 7C U-boat. This type U-Boat was equipped with a new type of toilet designed…

War wrecks from around the world

Guns of the mighty Bismarck wreck USS Yorktown wreck discovered by Robert Ballard in 1998 USS Kittiwake Two grounded WWI German submarines Two wrecked German…

Ready to cry? 46 WWII tank wrecks from around the world

The guys over there started an interesting thread of tanks wrecks. Many of them are to be found on military ranges and sadly used for…

75 Years anniversary of the Iconic North American P-51 Mustang – By Guest Blogger Hans Wiesman

North American P-51 D Mustangs in dire need for help. B-29 Superfortress crashed during emergency landing and ran into parked P-51 D Mustangs, damaging 9…

Want to live the dream? Want to fly your own mission in a B-17? Bomber Camp 2015 Announced

The Stockton Field Aviation Museum is happy to announce BOMBER CAMP 2015! Do you remember watching Twelve O’Clock High or Memphis Belle? Have your ever…

WOW! MASSIVE collection of Tiger 1 parts for sale – check this out!

Not something you see everyday. There are only 7 tigers in the world, don’t miss chance to obtain 8th. The Tiger is of course legendary…

Images of some of the surviving Panzers in Europe

  This German Panzerkampfwagen IV tank Ausführung G can be found at the Deutsches Panzermuseum in the small military town of Munster, Germany. In 1940…

Red Army Fights Their Own D-Day

Red Army

In June of 1944, the Red Army carried out what some have referred to as an alternate D-Day. The primary event, which is more commonly…

Watch: Nazi Germany’s Heavy Tank: Panzer VIII Maus

In late 1944 the Germans completed the first Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus, the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever to see the light of day. The…

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,…

Liberty Park museum Overloon, Netherlands

Imagine a battlefield that has been cleared of explosives and then opened to the public. This is how the Liberty Park was founded in 1945,…