Bunker of the “Beast of Auschwitz” Found in a Convent
Fritz Bracht, nicknamed the Beast of Auschwitz, was born in Heiden on the 18th January 1899. After school he trained to become a gardener and…
Japan And America’s Differing Views Of The End Of World War II
US President Obama’s recent visit to Hiroshima was not used to “repair” the narratives about World War II. “Not a chance,” says Carol Gluck, a…
Boeing B-29 “Fifi” Cockpit Checklist Run-through, Engine Start and Take-off (Watch)
In this video, we see a truly magnificent plane – the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, affectionately known as ‘FiFi.’ This Superfortress was built by the aircraft…
D-Day – The Mind Blowing Numbers
Here are the numbers that tell you everything you need to know about D-Day. 2 Mulberry Harbours: A raid on Dieppe had taught the British…
Ham & Jam – The Daring Glider Operation To Take Pegasus Bridge
On the night before D-Day, as part of the Allied invasion of Normandy, 181 men of the Glider Infantry of the British 6th Airborne Division…
Breathtaking Drone Footage Flying Over The First World War Battlefields Of Verdun
In this Drone footage by Gauthier Lefebvre, we will take a look at the battle for Verdun as we’ve never seen it before. We fly over…
5 Fast Facts – Bringing the USA Into The War – Japan Attacks America At Pearl Harbor (Watch)
Five Things about the attack on Pearl Harbor that may be new to you, we start with two and the rest follows in the video.…
Fantastic! Starting & Driving The Only Operational King Tiger In The World (Watch)
The common name of Nazi Germany’s heavy tank is “Tiger II” but it is also known under the informal name Königstiger. This often is translated…
A Taste of Her Father’s Experiences – Daughter Who Flew In Her Father’s Corsair F4U
After a flight, recently, in a Corsair F4U once flown by Ferril Purdy, his daughter Gayla Maier said to him, after jumping from the plane,…
Mark V** – A Longer Tank For Wider Trenches – WW1 Innovations (Watch)
When the Germans realized what a threat tanks could be, they made their trenches wider to trap them; one answer to this was to build…
USS Orleck Naval Museum Board – Time is Running Out – Salvage Yard in the Ship’s Future
The 71-year-old ship needs support now – both financially and with volunteers. As of now, there are only three weeks for the members of the…
Member Of Elite WW2 Russian Aviation Unit The “Night Witches” Dies At 96
A former member of the all-female “night witches,” Irina Rakobolskaya, has died at the age of 96 in her native Russia. The organization is unknown…