Amazing Photos of the Fall of Germany 1944 – 1945
By late 1944, the dream of a Thousand Year Reich was going down the drain. Hitler had already suffered a great number of strategic defeats…
Injured by IED in Iraq – Vet Becomes Champion Powerlifter with Only 1 Leg
If one’s soul can be mended by challenging the body, a gentleman in St. Johns, Michigan, must have a very calm spirit indeed. Veteran and…
The Forgotten Tank Battle – Senno
According to popular belief, the largest tank battle of World War II–called the Great Patriotic War in the USSR–occurred in July 1943 on the Kursk…
Powerful New Film of WWII Life – Magpie with Trailer
Magpie is an independent feature film that explores Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following World War II against the backdrop of the cultural, social and physical…
Drone Reveals Auschwitz Inner Horrors
The BBC flew a drone over the Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp and brought back some chilling footage displaying the enormity of the camp today, well…
Japanese “Army Zero” – Nakajima Ki-43 in 27 Photos
The Japanese Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa was a relatively slow, lightly armed, and fragile land-based tactical fighter plane, but it became legendary for its performance in East…
Heroes of Dieppe Disaster – 3 Victoria Crosses in 9 Hours
It is not an entirely uncommon occurrence for uniquely vicious battles to produce countless acts of inexplicable gallantry worthy of a nation’s highest military honor.…
German Special Forces of WWII – Brandenburgers
In 1935, the head of the Abwehr, Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, enlisted the services of a veteran of the colonial wars, Captain Theodor von Hippel. Canaris…
Battles, PinUps, and Music: World War II Comes to Life
Anyone without knowledge of local events who happened to be strolling around Conneaut, Ohio, recently would have been excused for thinking themselves caught in a…
Fierce and Colorful – Zouave Regiments in the Civil War
The Zouaves originally came as part of the French Army linked to French North Africa, which served between 1830 and 1962. Their uniform and tactics…
Russian MiG Skat UAV – Super Drone or Scrapped Idea?
It is an unmanned combat air vehicle, which was created in Russia in the year 2007, wherein it reached its test flight phase. In February…
Meat Grinder on the Eastern Front – Rzhev
The Battle of Rzhev is marked in Soviet history as one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the Great Patriotic War. Rzhev was occupied…