Alvin York, Who Single-Handedly Captured 132 Enemy Soldiers In World War One
Sergeant Alvin York was seemingly born to a hardscrabble existence and anonymity in death, but World War One changed that forever. The story of York is…
Here Is Why It Took So Long For WWI To Be Turned Into A Game (Watch)
Let’s take a look at this video which explains why on earth was WWI so poorly exploited in the gaming industry for so long. There…
Throwing a Nuke Mid-Loop Was A Real US Airforce Tactic! With Video!
The US Air Force tactic known as ‘toss bombing’ or the ‘over-the-shoulder maneuver,’ is accomplished by flying towards the target at lower altitude, pulling up…
Nazi Monster Heinrich Himmler’s Diaries Throw Light on the Workings of His Evil Mind
Heinrich Himmler, you may have heard of him if you know anything about Nazi Germany and its Hierarchy. Himmler kept track of every minute detail…
The Lion of Africa: Paul von Lettow Vorbeck: Germany’s WW1 Guerilla Commander In East Africa
In March of 1919, while Germany was recovering from its defeat in the First World War, its people starving and its army in ruins, a…
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,…
Honor in Battle – The WW2 Spitfire Pilot Spared by Enemy Fighters
John Hamilton Nicholls was a Spitfire pilot in World War II. He destroyed or damaged ten enemy aircraft during the war and was awarded the…
Looted painting from Hitler’s wall went up for Auction earlier this year
Recently an oil painting by Ernst Friedrich went be up for auction in the U.K. What makes this painting so special, you ask? Well, it once…
The Development of the Soviet Union’s La-5 Fighter in WWII
Author: Patrick Kinville In the Summer of 1943, the German Luftwaffe encountered the Soviet Lavochkin La-5 for the first time in large numbers in the skies…
Michael Wittmann, the Deadly German Panzer Ace Of WWI
Between the myth and reality lies a figure of great importance in the history of armored warfare. Michael Wittmann, the most successful panzer ace of…
Burial with Honors for Polish WWII Heroes
Two Polish heroes of World War II received state burials with military honors, seventy years after their deaths. Danuta Siedzikowna, codenamed “Inka,” was a 17-year-old…
The North African Campaign of World War Two – In Pictures!
The First Battle of El Alamein (1–27 July 1942) It was a battle that lasted 27 days and prevented Afrika Korps from reaching Cairo. After…