This is What Modern “D-Day” Looks Like: C-17 Globemaster, A-10, C-130, And US Paratroopers in Action
One of the most pivotal and game-changing moments in the Second World War came on the 6th of June, 1944. It was a date that…
100 Year Old WWII Veteran Takes To The Skies In WWII Biplane
Cliff Crozier, a veteran of WWII, turned one hundred years old on the 6th of September 2015, in a little town near Liverpool in England. Friends…
This Family Survived Being Torpedoed By A German Submarine in World War II
Ray Downs was sailing with his family on the freighter Heredia on May 19th, 1942. He was eight years old at the time, and they…
WWII Veterans Reunite After 70 Years
Robert Carter, 91, was looking through a Legion Magazine earlier this year when he spotted someone he hadn’t seen for 70 years. “Oh I recognized…
Bikini Atoll Still Too Radioactive to Start Resettling
Bikini Atoll, the string of islands that the U.S. used as nuclear testing grounds between 1946 and 1958, is still too radioactive to be inhabited.…
Battle of Milvian Bridge and Rise of Christianity
On the morning of the 28th of October, 312, a decisive battle between the future Roman emperor Constantine and Maxentius took place near the Milvian…
The Day North Korea Fired A Missile At SR 71 Blackbird (Watch)
Throughout the 20th Century, the phrase “black projects” has become an evocative and mysterious reminder that groundbreaking new technology is continually being developed behind the…
The Man Who Volunteered for Auschwitz – Witold Pilecki
Inmate 4859. The Death Camp Volunteer – Beyond Bravery Thus, I am expected to describe bare facts only, as my colleagues want it. It was…
1904-5 The Russo-Japanese War: Japan Shatters Russia’s Navy and Global Perceptions
While Japan is today known as a leading nation in terms of technology, this was not the case in the late 19th and early 20th…
The Tragedy Of The Russian Submarine “Kursk” – A Naval Disaster For Russia In The Year 2000
The Kursk submarine disaster was the largest naval tragedy ever to happen in the Russian Federation during peacetime. The country had been experiencing a lot of…
First-Ever Drone Camera Shoot Allowed at Pearl Harbor (Watch)
The World War II Foundation, in cooperation with Drone Services of Hawaii, Navy Base Pearl Harbor and the FAA is proud to announce that for…
These Horrible Chemical Weapons Were Created & Used During the First World War
Often referred to as the “Chemists War,” World War I saw the rise of chemical weapons being used on the battlefield. It all began with the…