Memphis Belle Was Not The First Bomber To Complete 25 missions
B-17 “Sally B” was used in the movie Memphis Belle to look like the Famous B-17 and was used for scenes requiring pyrotechnics such as smoke…
3000 Napoleon’s Soldiers Discovered in Mass Grave Lithuania
Remains belonging to Napoleon’s soldiers who fought for French Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, have been uncovered in Lithuania. The remains are part of a mass grave…
Guest Blogger The Dakota Hunter: Nippon’s 2nd attack plan on US, Genesis of Alaska Highway 1942
Right after the successful Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor/ Hawaii on Dec 7, 1941, many American citizens must have panicked over the next aggressive move…
Unlikely military victories from around the world
Military history is remembered by both grand victories and devastating defeats. However, no matter what the ultimate ending, all of these stories lead to memories…
AMAZING: ‘Lucky’ Yamaguchi, the man who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs
Atomic bombs exploded into chaotic destruction just two times in history: first on August 6, 1945, in Hiroshima and again on August 9 of that…
Japanese Zero fighter to make first flight over Japan for 70 years
[Via] The Japanese Zero fighter plane was a Japanese-made aircraft and was the icon of the Japanese Imperial Navy throughout World War Two. Now one…
Legion d’Honneur awarded to two Dorset World War Two veterans
A 98 year old veteran of World War Two has been honoured with the Legion d’Honneur, France’s highest military honour. The veteran Sergeant Robert Rigler…
Goering’s final message to Hitler on display at Natick Museum
In the final days of World War Two, the Nazi leadership was in chaos. The Soviet Red Army was advancing from the east and Berlin…
Panzerjäger Tiger (P) Elefant Sd. Kfz. 184 Tank Destroyer
When Ferdinand Porsche offered his designs for the Tiger II tank in 1939, it was deemed too unconventional. It was also considered too demanding to…
Death in the Desert: The End of the Crusader Kingdoms of the Levant
A Memluk Warrior of the Crusading Period Much like today, the Middle East in the mid thirteenth century was a swirling maelstrom of competing powers,…
In the SS, in Nine Battles, Wounded Five Times & Awarded Nazi Germany’s Highest Award
Joachim von Ribbentrop is well known as the Nazi diplomat and foreign minister who negotiated the non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union and…
You Think You Know Your Uniforms – Check to See if You Do! 50 Amazing Images of WWII Uniforms
A Military uniform is the standardized dress worn by members of the armed forces and paramilitaries of various nations. Military dress and military styles have…