Post War Notable Naval Losses, The Role That Bad Luck & Bad Actors Play
This is the second part of a three-part series describing U.S. naval accidents and notable losses after World War II. They illustrate the importance of…
Remains of WW1 soldier found buried in ice are finally returned home
The phenomenon of melting glaciers is not breaking news for environmentally concerned people. However, sometimes such events offer up surprising discoveries, such as the traces…
The Totally Amazing V-2 Rocket in Pictures
As early as 1932, inquiry into the use of rockets in warfare was conducted in Germany. The military was thinking outside the box, figuring out…
War What is It Good For – Gun Design Actually, Here Are Some Examples
If necessity is the “mother of invention,” it’s fair to say that war is the granddaddy of armament invention. The weapons described below are only…
Vietnam Free Fire Zones – Anything That Moved Within Was Attacked And Destroyed
The US military and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces in Vietnam faced a problem: how to successfully fight an enemy that…
P-51 Mustang Crashes in Texas, No Survivors & Sadly the Passenger Was a WW2 Pilot
At a recent airshow in Fredericksburg, Texas, a P-51D Mustang carrying a veteran pilot from WWII as a passenger crashed into a parking lot. The…
Shooting a Modified Aircraft Machine Gun From The Hip, he Fired His Way Across Iwo Jima
Soldiers throughout World War II had to be industrious. Sometimes fighting in remote corners of the world, or in circumstances that limited resupply or re-equipping,…
Court infuriates Japan by Ordering Nippon Steel to Compensate WW2 Workers
In October 2018, South Korea’s Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling where it upheld a court order passed down in 2013, instructing the Nippon…
Top 10 WW2 Movies
Rating movies is a highly subjective task, one which has been reduced in modern times to the illustration of a squishy tomato by those who…
Did YOU Know?? There Was an Armed Interceptor Version of the SR-71 called the YF-12
In the history of American aviation, a special chapter should be given to the story of the Lockheed Corporation. The most fascinating section of that…
Spitfire Flown by ‘Great Escape’ Pilot Found on Norwegian Mountain
Gunn’s plane was a specially adapted Mk 1 Spitfire stripped of guns and armor and was fitted with extra fuel tanks to extend its range…
How the Unbeatable German Tank Ended Up on Display in Belgium
The Germans were retreating on every front. They hadn’t had a real success against the Russians in years, and their last offensive at Kursk had…