Pictures: Life and Death of the USS Yorktown
Follow the USS Yorktown from the moment her keel was laid, through sea trials and into the Battle of the Coral Sea. Damaged in that…
WATCH: King Tiger Tanks
The common name of Nazi Germany’s heavy tank is “Tiger II” but it is also known under the informal name Königstiger, which often is translated…
How Lt. Col. Paul Needham survived after the Iranian storming of the US Embassy
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Needham was among those taken hostage during the Nov 4, 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran Iran.…
Under New Management – Captured from the Germans
A collection of pictures of captured German locations and vehicles that are now being used by the Allies. American soldiers hang up their laundry on…
Tanks vs Bridges, Guess Who Lost!
A collection of images of Tanks that proved too heavy for the bridges they were driving on. All but one were taken during the second…
WATCH: Pak-40 German 75mm AT Gun Firing
The 75 millimeter Pak 40 anti-tank gun was a German anti-tank gun developed during WWII from 1939-1941. PAK is the abbreviation for “Panzerabwehrkanone.” Initially, the…
WATCH: WW2 German MG42 Machine Gun Demonstration
This video looks at the MG-42, a World War II German machine gun. It is being fired as part of a demonstration at Dellwood Park, Lockwood,…
Going to Normandy? Quick museum guide!
Normandy’s WW2 and D-Day museums are filled with a wealth of artefacts and information about the events of 1944. Some museums such as the American…
Top 10 US & UK Military Vehicles that Won WWII
Besides the men that put their lives on the line, it were the military vehicles that supported them and made their effort a possibility. For…
8 most wanted Nazi criminals still at large
Each year since 2001, Efraim Zuroff of the Simon Wiesenthal Center produces an Annual Status Report on the Worldwide Investigation and Prosecution of Nazi war…
Massive Jagdtigers surrender at Iserlohn, Germany, 16 April 1945 (WATCH)
The Herman Jagtiger tank destroyer was the heaviest armored vehicle produced during World War II. It weighed 72 tons and had a 128 mm gun.…
6 Severely wounded WWII Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific that stayed afloat and were repaired
During the Pacific campaign in WWII aircraft carriers were the prime targets in the fleet engagements fought between the USA (and later Britain) and Japan.…