Iconic Colourised Images of Operation Market Garden
The Battle of Arnhem, Nijmegen and Eindhoven (Operation Market Garden) 17–25 September 1944. On Sunday 17 September, 500 gliders and 1,500 aircraft flew over the…
The U-2 Spy Plane & SR-71 Blackbird – All The Things You Are Not Supposed To Know!
The Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ are two planes of which there is not a lot known about them. Here we will learn some facts…
World’s Biggest Sunken Treasure Found: San José, Located off Colombian Coast
The President of Colombia has announced that the ancient 18th-century 60 Gun Spanish galleon, the San José, has been discovered after having sunk more than…
Top 5 Best Military Bolt Action Rifles
Bolt action rifles were the mainstays of armies across the globe for nearly over half a century, and today we pick what we believe to…
The Man Who Spared A Wounded Hitler’s Life In WWI – And Changed The World Forever
The History of War will always be about that which we know for certain, that which we have reason to believe, and that which will…
Top 10 Best World War I Films, Have You Seen Them All?
We are in the 100th anniversary of the World War I. What better time than this to look back at the most memorable depictions of the…
C-47 Dakota on Display at Metheringham Airfield
Metheringham Airfield in Lincolnshire, England, has received its new resident – a World War Two C-47 Dakota. The vintage aircraft has been restored to its…
British victim of the Battle of the Somme finally laid to rest.
On 1st July 1916, men of the 109 Brigade of the 36th Ulster Division gathered on the edge of Thiepval wood in some of the…
African American Women Who made US Military History
Three African American women who made history for their role in the US military are Irene Trowell-Harris, Marcelite Harris, and Danyell Wilson. Irene Trowell-Harris Irene…
Cockleshell Heroes – The Story of Extreme Bravery, Sacrifice and Endurance – But Was It All Worth It
The raid was brilliant and daring. It rattled the Germans in their boots, inspired a surge in the French resistance, and started the age of…
A Date Which Will Live in Infamy: Pearl Harbor 75 Years On
On 7 December 1941, Japanese forces launched a surprise attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The attack shocked America…
Classic Images: Warbirds Over The Pacifc
We have collected some of the best images we could find of Warbirds over the Pacific. Hellcats, Wildcats, Catalina’s, Kingfishers, Corsairs, Aircraft Carriers and many…