Greatest Mysteries of WWII – Nazi Germany’s Top Secret Weapons
Towards the end of World War II, Nazi scientists and engineers were working on a number of destructive and innovative devices. The Germans were losing…
The flying tank buster – Hans-Ulrich Rudel 2,000 targets destroyed including 519 tanks
Hans-Ulrich Rudel was shot down 30 times during his 2,530 missions. He destroyed one battleship, one cruiser, one destroyer, 70 landing craft, 800 vehicles, 150…
September 20th 1944 – The Heroic Waal River Crossing
This official After Action Reports start in the morning of September 20th, 1944, the 3rd day of Operation Market Garden and the bridges across the…
32 sad, tragic but fascinating colorised images of WWII
Many thanks go to Doug Banks and his team – the masters of colourisation. The beauty of these colourised images is that colour, allows you…
The Human Bomb – Jumped From Stricken B-17 Without A Parachute And Survived
In 1943, an American airman participated in the bombing spree of a French town, resulting in incredible devastation. The man wasn’t satisfied, however, so he…
WHAT?!! ‘Phantom Ghost Fortress’ B-17 That Landed at an Airfield – NO Crew Were on Board!!
A B-17 Flying Fortress landed perfectly at an RAF airbase and completes the full landing pattern as well. The bomber comes to a full stop;…
WHAT?!! ‘Phantom Ghost Fortress’ B-17 That Landed at an Airfield – NO Crew Were on Board!!
A B-17 Flying Fortress landed perfectly at an RAF airbase and completes the full landing pattern as well. The bomber comes to a full stop;…
Unbelievable – Son finds lost D-Day colour footage in father’s attic
The only known Allied colour footage of World War Two was uncovered in the attic of a Hollywood director by his son… When the warship…
Amazing Pilot Saved His Wingman, At 20,000 Feet Pushed A Damaged Phantom By Its Tail Hook Out Of North Vietnam
“Pardo’s Push,” by S.W. Ferguson. Source Of the 132 missions Bob Pardo flew in Vietnam with the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, the most significant is…
ON THIS DAY! Paris Liberated By The Free French Forces, August 25th 1944
Image Courtesy of Wikipedia After the Allied Forces landed in Normandy and finally penetrated the German lines, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, American General Dwight…
MoH Leonard A. Funk: U.S. paratrooper who took out 40 Germans in 60 seconds
It goes without saying that many gallant actions of war are often never recorded and lost to the passage of time as they are treated…
MUST READ – 50 Famous Faces in Uniform during WWII
The death of actor Charles Durning on Christmas Eve brings into focus the wartime service of the ever dwindling ‘greatest generation’. Here is a list, by…