Four Combat Monsters – The Super-Heavy Tanks Of WWI
In a time when bigger was considered better, an unofficial term was coined to describe a category beyond the heavy tank. The super heavy tanks…
Honor Flight Serves American Veterans Who Served Their Country
Harry Nicholas, 94, is a World War II vet who took the 12th Central Valley Honor Flight to see the World War II Memorial in…
Tears And Gratitude As Two Second World War Veterans Meet And Remember Their Service
Phyllis Bowman, mayor of Greenwood, Florida felt as if she was seeing history being made. It was a meeting between two World War II veterans, Albert…
Amazing – Public Donations Enabled American WWII Veteran To Return To Pearl Harbor 75 Years On
Robert Coles was helped to raise funds for a trip to Pearl Harbor to observe the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack that he survived…
Aged 91, An American Veteran Remembers His Service – He Turned 19 On The Beach On D-Day
Percy Strothers spent his 19th birthday on the beach. But there wasn’t a beach party. This beach was at Normandy and the day was D-Day.…
Rockies Air And Space Museum Hosts 15 Honored American WWII Flying Aces
There were 1,500 pilots awarded the title American Fighter Ace in World War II. There are only 70 of those men are still alive today.…
Denmark Terminates the Investigation of Jewish Mass Murders During WWII
Helmuth Leif Rasmussen, a 91-year old Dane, will not be prosecuted. He was accused of involvement in the mass killing of Jews, during World War…
Meet the Supermarine Spitfires – THE British Fighter of WWII
In early September of 2016, the Imperial War Museum presented an airshow at Duxford, U.K. to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the formation of the…
Japanese Kamikaze Attack On The US Fleet During The Pacific War – Original Footage (Watch)
The Second World War saw a number of new technological and strategic innovations on both sides. One particularly dark tactical move came towards the end…
Veterans Day Weekend Events at US National World War I Museum and Memorial
As the commemoration of the centennial of World War I (2014-19) continues, The National World War I Museum and Memorial will honor veterans and active-duty military members…
John Reginald Gorman – The Amazing Irish Kamikaze, Busting Tanks In WW2
In WWII, the Germans had a reputation for their formidable technology. What they did not consider, however, was the formidable Irish reputation for bullishness. John…
9 Factors That Caused The First Crusade – It Was Not As Simple As It Seems Today
On the surface, the First Crusade looks like something with a simple cause – the hatred of one religious group for another. In reality, the…