This German Officer Sacrificed His Life In A Minefield To Save An American Soldier
October 7, 1994, saw a strange sight over the Hürtgen War Cemetery in Hürtgen, Germany. The cemetery is the final home of 3001 bodies –…
Much More Than Code Talking – The Role of Native Americans in World War II
Native Americans made an enormous contribution to the World War II effort. Sadly, their involvement in the conflict is widely overlooked. Sometimes, they are portrayed…
Over 40% of Britons Don’t Know About the Battle of the Somme, Claimed This Survey
43% of the population of Britain did not realize that the Battle of the Somme occurred during World War I, according to a survey by…
How A Pigeon Delivered The First Message From The Normandy Beaches
Thousands of pigeon trainers donated their birds to the war effort in World War II to assist in getting news from the front brought home. The…
Amazing – The P-38 Lightning, A Classic WW2 Fighter, Takes To The Sky Once Again (Watch)
Up in the sky, it’s a man, It’s a plane, it’s a man in a plane, it’s Flash Fahey! Come along inside and outside the cockpit…
The Ten-Year Archaeology Hunt Confirms The Wartime Exploits of Lawrence of Arabia
In the T.E. Lawrence memoirs, ‘The Seven Pillars of Wisdom,’ the British officer recorded how he provided assistance to the Arabs in leading a rebellion…
Dodge Challenger SRT 392 Car Has Military-Themed WWII Plane Shark Teeth
You probably think that with the sudden increase of the so-called liquid car wrap industry, the vinyl car wrap section of the market has lost…
Fast Facts – Tanks: World Of Tanks Presents A Quick History Of A Game-Changing Military Machine (Watch)
From the battlefields of the First World War to military combat around the world today, the tank has become an instantly recognizable symbol of warfare…
The A-10 Thunderbolt ‘Warthog’ is Here to Stay – ‘Indefinitely,’ Says US Air Force
After years of threatening to stop financing for the A-10 program and channel the funds to the newer F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the US Air…
Recruiting The Special Forces Who Hunted Hitler’s Nukes During The Second World War
The incredible story of a Scottish scoutmaster who had some responsibility for destroying Adolf Hitler’s atomic weapons program has come to light. The memoirs of…
Stunning Drone’s-Eye View Of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall Towers On Guernsey (Watch)
The Channel Islands were amongst the most heavily fortified parts of the Atlantic Wall. On 20 October 1941, Hitler signed a directive which was to…
Irena Sendler: The Unknown Hero Of The Warsaw Ghetto Who Saved 2,500 Children
Irena Sandler’s name is not as well-known as Oskar Schindler, but it should be. Schindler saved 1,200 Jews from the Holocaust in Czechoslovakia. Sendler, his…