WHAT?! Sniper who Killed a Taliban Machine Gunner from 8,120 feet away!
A corporal of the Horse and a member of the elite British Household Cavalry unit holds the record for achieving the longest kill shot ever…
Have You Forgotten Yet? – The First World War Memoirs of C. P. Blacker – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne
A curious title for an at times curious book. It is a Great War Memoir but with a difference. Blacker began writing this book, which…
Winston Churchill’s Secret WWII Bunker Found Behind Fake Bookcase
A secret bunker built by order of Winston Churchill in 1940 was discovered outside of Norwich. It was built as part of a secret communications…
Guest blogger Dan Snow: Dunkirk – Day by Day – 31 May 1940 (Watch)
Dan Snow gives us a day by day account of the miraculous evacuation at Dunkirk during WWII. 31 May 1940 is the most successful day…
Polish Government at Odds With International Academics Over WWII Museum
A Polish World War II museum is the subject of a political battle between Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party and international academics. Norman Davies,…
Two Soldiers Killed in WW2 Battle Identified And Returned Home After 74 years
In October of 2011, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency was contacted by an Australian citizen in Papua New Guinea who drew their attention to possible…
Pilot Gives Surprising Testimony Concerning the A-10 vs. F-35 Debate
The Armed Services Committees of both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate have been trying to keep the A-10 Warthog from being phased out…
Warbird Factory
Explore the WWII history of the company that later became a part of Boeing and made more aircraft from 1938 to 1944 than any other…
Inside the Chieftain’s Hatch: Comet Part 4 – By World of Tanks
The Comet I (A34) was a British cruiser tank that first saw use near the end of the Second World War. It was designed to…
They Flew A Drone Over The D-Day Beaches, The Result Is Stunning!
On D-Day – June 6th 1944 – thousands of Allied soldiers disembarked on five beaches; Gold, Juno, Sword, Omaha and Utah. It was the beginning of the end…
Truscott, The General Who Apologized To The Dead Soldiers, Memorial Day 1945
When asked to give a Memorial Day speech in 1945, General Lucian Truscott who had just spent the past 3 years retaking Europe from Nazi…
Pilot Killed In P-47 Crash In Hudson River, New York City – Thunderbolt Has Been Recovered
At around 7pm on Friday, May 27th, the vintage Republic P-47D Thunderbolt flown by Bill Gordon, 56, started experiencing engine trouble. Gordon broke away from…