Everyone Knows The Word “Nazi” But How Did The Term Come Into Being?
Everyone knows the word “Nazi” and the evil it entails. World War II is a huge part of our history, with Hitler’s Nazi Germany being…
The Amazing Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Best Plane of WW2?
With its radical yet impressive design, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a graceful fighter aircraft that epitomized a new level of craftsmanship in America’s military…
The Bunker of the “Beast of Auschwitz” Found in a Convent 70 Years After WWII
Buried thirty feet underneath the ground, in the basement of an old convent in southern Poland, is a room which used to be the secret…
Amazing Drone Footage of the USS Alabama A.K.A “Lucky A”
The USS Alabama is indeed, of outstanding historic significance to the American people, having led a storied career as a World War II battleship, and…
Awe-Inspiring Footage of the Normandy American Cemetery & Memorial
From the footage, you can see an enormous formation of white crosses, arrayed over a long stretch of green lawn, and demarcated by a series…
The Tupolev Tu-128: The Largest Fighter Aircraft to Ever be in Service
In the early decades of the Cold War, threats of potential nuclear air attacks were familiar on both sides of the tension. Both the Soviet…
The Right Decision? Heroic End Of French Fleet – Scuttled 77 Ships To Avoid Capture By Nazi Germany
It was exactly 4:00 AM on November 27, 1942. A thick veil of darkness was lingering over the skies of Toulon, but the city’s inhabitants were…
Singing Saw: The Impressive MG 42 With Cool Footage
When US soldiers first saw the MG 42, they made fun of the machine gun’s stamped steel parts. But the MG 42 was fully loaded…
Outnumbered & Outgunned,They Fought to The Last Man “The Demons Of IB Ridge”
The 20th of October 1960 would see the outbreak of a war that had been brewing for years along the Himalayan borders. Containing horrors that…
With Suicidal Courage. US Commander Charges at Japanese Warships.
“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.” These were reportedly the…
Mr Immortal – Awarded the MoH age 17 – Used His Body To Shield His Squad From Two Grenades
At a time when everyone’s wish was to survive World War II, how crazy would you be to jump on a grenade in a bid…
5 of WWII’s Most Valuable Treasures Still Missing Today
In the history of warfare, tales of looting in conquered territories is quite familiar, and with a major conflict such as World War II, the…