UK’s WWII Tank Event: Armour & Embarkation (VERY image heavy!!)
THE largest collection of tanks and armoured vehicles since the Second World War will descend upon Dorset in 2016 on the weekend of the 18th…
The Heavy Tank T26E3 Pershing – 1945
As the Second World War was coming to its end, the technologies on the battlefields of Europe were becoming more and more complex. The tank…
Amazing story: WWII ghost B-17 completed its mission, then landed – no one was 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;…
Scrapping And Salvaging World War II Aircraft in North Africa
Wartime film clips show U.S. Aircraft and fighters at Telergma in North Africa at a field scrapyard, yielding valuable parts to keep ’em flying. Any…
The B-17 Has Turned 80, Here Are 20 Facts About The Flying Fortress
Strategic bombing missions had properly begun during World War 1 and the post-war years saw a number of world powers working on the development of…
The Gigantic 180 Meter Long US Army Land Trains Of The 1950s
The Texan company, LeTourneau, was instructed to design these huge land trains in the 1950s by the US Government. The United States Army got three…
WWII Rare Footage of German Heavy Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Tank
The Tiger Tank was without a doubt the most feared tank by the Allied forces during the Second World War. The thing that made this…
Shock and Awe Photos of the US Battleships Firing the Big Guns
BB-63, the USS Missouri “Mighty Mo” is an Iowa-class United States Navy Battleship, the third that was named in honor of the US state of…
History of American Tanks by World of Tanks
The USA entered the First World War on the side of the Entente Powers in April, 1917, without any tanks of her own. The following…
Top Ten of the most produced warbirds of WWII – maybe surprised by #1
Manufacturers in World War II were engaged in the greatest industrial effort in history. Aircraft companies went from building a handful of planes at a…
The 10 Greatest Tank Battles In Military History
The tank is one of the most resilient and devastating army weapons. To break the deadlock of trench warfare in the western front during the…
Wreck of the SS Thistlegorm in the Egyptian Red Sea
By Super Jolly for War History Online: Underwater for 68 years, a snap shot in time and beautifully preserved WWII cargo so desperately needed by Allied…