How Low Can They Go? – Look Here And We Will Show You
World War II Warbirds flying extremely low, to impress their mates, to escape from harm or to execute an attack. Either way, it makes for…
We Were Soldiers: Tony Nadal – The Battle of la Drang (Watch)
In the first major battle of the war that involved regular U.S. ground forces and North Vietnamese forces, Col. Tony Nadal and the soldiers of…
Sir Douglas Haig: The Best Man For a Terrible Job?
Lieutenant George: Great Scott sir, you mean, you mean the moment’s finally arrived for us to give Harry Hun a darned good British style thrashing,…
Badass 93 Year Old 101st Airborne Veteran Jim ‘Pee Wee’ Martin Jumped Over Normandy – Again!
In 2014, to celebrate the 70th D-Day anniversary in Normandy, France, a then 93-year-old veteran paratrooper named Jim Martin once again carried out a parachute jump…
This Is So Cool, Lego-Style Tiger 131!
The Tank Museum’s most famous exhibit has been immortalised in a limited edition Lego-style model. Fans of the infamous Tiger 131 – which is featured…
Amazing Story of How Six WW2 Airmen Survived Weeks At Sea!
After their Halifax Bomber was lost to the Atlantic Ocean, six WWII airmen found themselves desperately striving to save their own lives. The Halifax, with its…
Guest blogger Dan Snow: Dunkirk – Day by Day 1 June 1940 (Watch)
Dan Snow gives us a day-by-day account of the miraculous evacuation at Dunkirk during WWII. On June 1st 1940, 64,000 men manage to escape the Nazi…
Locating the Graves of Channel Islands WWII Resistance Heroes 70 Years on
They were arrested by Hitler’s men in the German occupied Channel Islands just a few months after their daughters were born. These men lived on…
A Pearl Harbor Witness and World War II Veteran Was Scammed Out of His Life Savings
Shameless scammers stole the life savings of an Arizona Navy veteran who witness and survived the Japanese attacks at Pearl Harbor. He also bravely fought…
When the U.S. Army Was Almost Defeated By North Korea
In the summer of 1950, U.S. faced a new threat. The Communist Bloc grew rapidly in 1949, when China opted to join. However, the U.S. still had…
FOUND! Aldebaran: The Italian Navy Torpediniera sunk on 20 October 1941 in Greece
Underwater photos by Milonakis Kostas www.wetklik.gr, other photos as credited Nearly 75 years have passed since the sinking of Aldebaran (code AL). An Italian warship,…
Battle of Chaeronea – Philip II of Macedon’s Decisive Victory Over Greece
The greatest victory of Philip II of Macedonia, the battle of Chaeronea, solidified Macedonian rule in Greece. This clash between the Greek city-states alliance of…