10 Things You’ll Never Learn About WWII in History Class
Everyone learns about World War II from their high school history classes. It’s inevitable. Hitler’s tyranny, the Holocaust, the attack on Pearl Harbor; these events…
Spectacular Drone Footage of Moscow Plane Museum Covered In Snow
Thanks to footage from a drone we have an amazing bird’s eye look at one of the aviation museums in Russia. Earlier in February the…
Operation Tiger – Forgotten WWII Excersise That Turned Into A Catastrophe
Operation Overlord was the biggest offensive planned by the Western Allies against the Nazis, who had overrun most of Europe. Decisive action was necessary so…
“The greatest fighter pilot story of WWII” held off 30 German fighters from attacking a squadron of B-17 bombers for over half an hour
During WWII, he single-handedly protected a bomber squadron against German planes… even when he ran out of ammo. They called him the “One Man Airforce”…
Killed By Friendly Fire, He Charged Alone Into A Cornfield To Silence Taliban, His Body Was Found Next To 3 Dead Enemies
The Victoria Cross is the United Kingdom’s highest military honor and one of the most esteemed recognitions for gallantry in combat in the global military…
The Real Monuments Men – Rescuing Priceless Artworks During And After WWII
The recent recovery of three priceless paintings, stolen from the villa of Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma in Camaiore by the Nazi’s in 1944, made a…
10 Recently Identified RAF Airmen Remembered in Berlin Service
The remains of 10 previously unidentified RAF airmen were recently identified and a re-dedication service held for them at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Berlin…
The WWII Seaman Who Survived Two Ship Sinkings
Walter “Irby” West, Jr., didn’t expect to be abandoning his ship in the Pacific during World War II just 10 months after surviving a sinking…
Did You Know? The Belgian Legion of the French Army
The “Belgian Legion” was a loose term defining the service of Belgian troops in the French Army. The involvement of Belgians in the French military…
We Can Do It! The Story Of Rosie the Riveter
POUTED lips, HIGH cheekbones, STRONG eyed and a SAUCY curls falling right from her polka dotted headscarf—ROSIE the RIVETER (as commonly or mistakenly known) is…
The largest battlefield isn’t on land, it’s on the seabed. Dr Innes McCartney has mapped the whole battlefield for his new book
HMS Invincible sinking The Battle of Jutland was the largest naval battle and the only full-scale clash of battleships in the First World War. Even though…
Top Facts about the .50 Caliber Machine Gun
The quest for automatic weaponry has been around since the invention of the gun itself and war engineers have always tried their best to design…