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Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer – The Night Fighter Ace Who Shot Down 7 Lancaster Bombers In 19 Minutes

Once you know the story of Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, it’s pretty hard to forget. Schnaufer was an incredibly skilled pilot. He was arguably one of the…

Was It Really A War Crime – Thousands of Germans Died in American POW Camps In 1945

For all but fringe debaters on the subject, the book is closed. The horror and death caused by maltreatment or murder in German, Japanese and…

He Parachuted Out Of His Crippled B-24 Then Killed The Enemy Pilot With A Head Shot From A Pistol

The following story may or may not be true, but the US Army Air Force (USAAF) believes it is. It is about a man who…

A Fortunate Son: An Industrialist Father, Infamous Nazi Goebbels As Step-Father, and a Billion-Dollar Legacy

Luftwaffe Lieutenant Harald Quandt was fortunate to be in a British prisoner of war camp in the Libyan port city of Benghazi at the end…

Iconic Colourised Images of Operation Market Garden

The Battle of Arnhem, Nijmegen and Eindhoven (Operation Market Garden) 17–25 September 1944. On Sunday 17 September, 500 gliders and 1,500 aircraft flew over the…

The U-2 Spy Plane & SR-71 Blackbird – All The Things You Are Not Supposed To Know!

The Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ are two planes of which there is not a lot known about them. Here we will learn some facts…

The Man Who Spared A Wounded Hitler’s Life In WWI – And Changed The World Forever

The History of War will always be about that which we know for certain, that which we have reason to believe, and that which will…

Top 10 Best World War I Films, Have You Seen Them All?

We are in the 100th anniversary of the World War I. What better time than this to look back at the most memorable depictions of the…

A Date Which Will Live in Infamy: Pearl Harbor 75 Years On

On 7 December 1941, Japanese forces launched a surprise attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The attack shocked America…

The True Story of Two American Fighters Who Took on the Japanese Attack at Pearl Habor Probably a Little Hungover

The nuances of military history are often lost to the passage of time and with the men who could give first-hand accounts.  As much as…

Women Played A Bigger Part in the Vietnam War Than Previously Suspected

Many people are unaware of the crucial part women played for the Viet Cong in the Vietnam War. Many do not know that women even…

Check Out The Incredible Armored Trains Of WWI & WWII

Armored trains are a relic of the past by today’s standards but in the late 19th and early 20th century, these big steel-plated locomotives besieged…