Everything You Want to Know About Tank Armament by World of Tanks
How have tank guns developed over the years, and what are the different types of shells? Which mass-produced tank had the most powerful gun…
‘The Man Who Saved the World’ – The Russian Who Avoided WWIII
The notion that one man alone could somehow avert a universal catastrophe or could potentially save the world has lost its age-old value with the…
Heinz Heydrich, brother of SS General Reinhard Heydrich, helped Jews escape the Holocaust after reading his brother’s files after Reinhard’s death.
Heinz Siegfried Heydrich was the son of Richard Bruno Heydrich and the younger brother of SS General Reinhard Heydrich. After the death of his brother,…
The White Death – World’s Greatest Sniper – Fast Facts!
There have been many great snipers in history and who can take the title of the greatest is a topic of debate. However, if you…
Did You Know? One of the last SS units to hold out defending Hitler’s bunker in Berlin was comprised entirely of Frenchmen
The French volunteers of the Second World War constituted an entirely separate division in the Wehrmacht, and after that the Waffen-SS which consisted of…
After A Mid Air Collision – One Pilot Lands Two Planes AT ONCE!
In 1940, two planes collided in mid-air over Australia. Remarkably, there were no fatalities. Even more remarkably, the pilot responsible for saving the planes was…
Battle of Verdun Remembered Nearly 100 years After It Started
During World War One, the Battle of Verdun took more than 300,000 lives over 300 days. The area in the French forest where the battle…
Remains Of US Pilot Shot Down On 68th Mission Over Vietnam Returned Home After 50 Years
Fifty years after being shot down during the Vietnam War US pilot’s remains have finally been returned home to the town of Rangeley in the United…
The Car In Which Archduke Ferdinand Was Killed – By Geoff Moore
Getting as close up to key moments in history only occurs if you happen to be in the right or wrong place at the right…
The Night Fighter Ace Who Shot Down 7 Lancaster Bombers In 19 Minutes
Once you know the story of Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, it’s pretty hard to forget. Schnaufer was an incredibly skilled pilot. He was arguably the best fighter…
Two Soviet infantrymen frozen to death in their foxhole, Freezing to death is one of the most peaceful & non-violent ways of natural dying
Warning graphic content, click to see In the years 1939 and 1940, the Soviet Union and Finland were at war. The smaller Finnish army proved…
Victoria Cross: Took on 20 Taliban fighters, dodged “raking” machine fire to rescue a stricken US Marine
For saving the life of a US Marine, Briton Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey became the first living soldier to win the Victoria Cross for his…