In 1956, An Obsolete WW2 Drone Took on Two State-of-the-Art Manned Jet Fighters Over the US – And Won
In August 1956, a drone went rogue over Southern California, threatening cities, including Los Angeles. In its aftermath, over 1,000 acres were destroyed, forests and…
Resurrecting the Sherman – A World War II Tank Restored Through Time and Talents of Local Volunteers
By Jeremy P. Amick who writes on behalf of the Silver Star Families of America. For nearly five decades, an M4A3E8 Sherman tank sat abandoned…
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…
Crazy Weapons From History – From the Nazi Jetcopter to the Scooter-Mounted Cannon
You might think that you know about all the unique military weapons that have been made to date, but human beings have a penchant for…
The Only Enlisted Submariner Ever To Be Awarded The Medal Of Honor Locked Himself Inside A Sinking Submarine
For those who sail beneath the surface of the sea, there are few greater fears than permanently descending to the depths alive. The movies would…
From the First World War to the 21st century – A Hundred Years of Fighter Planes
The First Fighter Planes When the First World War began, the airplane was still a new invention. Its potential as a military vehicle had not…
A Powerful American Fighter For Both Ground Attack And Air Defense – The F-35
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II has been embroiled in controversy for years due to expensive production and concerns about its function in combat. Here’s…
At The Height Of Its Power, The Spanish Armada Was A Terrifying Force At Sea
The attempted invasion of England by the Spanish Armada on 1588 was an extraordinary undertaking. A vast invasion fleet was assembled in an attempt to…
B-24 ‘Lady Be Good’ – Crashed In 1943, Finally Discovered in 1958
The wreckage of a USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) plane that went missing during its first and last mission in the Second World War…
The Tragedy Of The Russian Submarine “Kursk” – A Naval Disaster For Russia In The Year 2000
The Kursk submarine disaster was the largest naval tragedy ever to happen in the Russian Federation during peacetime. The country had been experiencing a lot of…
Military Innovations From WW1 Which Changed the Face Of War Forever
The First World War saw incredible technological leaps forward. Though the fighting on the Western Front ground down into a terrible, soul-destroying mess, leaps forward…
B-17 Flying Fortress – The Classic American WWII Bomber
Strategic bombing missions had properly begun during World War 1 and the post-war years saw a number of world powers working on the development of…