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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…

Iconic Colourised Images of Operation Market Garden

Jack Beckett

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…

Oh Yes! Inside the JgdPz38(t) by World of Tanks

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  We take a break from Kubinka, with our first look at the German offerings.  In order to load the gun, the commander (who doubled…

4 Largest Naval Battles in Modern History

Ancient naval battles were quite risky; they involved massive investments in money in building ships and trained manpower for rowing and marines. Contrary to popular…

Did YOU Know?? There Was an Armed Interceptor Version of the SR-71 called the YF-12. It Was the largest Manned Interceptor Ever Made

Jack Beckett

The Lockheed YF-12 was an American prototype interceptor aircraft evaluated by the United States Air Force. The YF-12 was a twin-seat version of the secret…

Operation Market Garden – September 19th, 1944

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944.  Eindhoven The XXX Corps Engineers have repaired the bridge at Son and XXX…

The Four Phases Of The Battle of Britain Explained

History likes to paint Britain as the tiny country that, against all odds, somehow resisted the superior military might of Nazi Germany during WWII. But…

Pop Charts of WWII, Songs You Forgot! – Glenn Miller, Vera Lynn, Marlene Dietrich & More!

Since the days of the ram’s horn, music has been a part of war. During WWII, the Office of War Information urged musicians to create…

The Executioner in the Infamous Vietcong photo opened a Pizzeria in Suburban Virginia After the Vietnam War

Nguyen Ngoc Loan (December 11th, 1930 – July 14th, 1998) was the chief of National Police in South Vietnam. Loan attracted worldwide attention following his…

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…

‘The Battle of the Bulge’ was so Historically Inaccurate, That President Eisenhower Came Out of Retirement & Held a Press Conference Just to Denounce the Film.

Jack Beckett

‘Battle of the Bulge’ is an American classic war movie, it was made in Spain and hit the screens in 1965. It was directed by…

Inside the M24 Chaffee Part 4 by World of Tanks

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  The final stop on our tour of Light Tank M24, Chaffee. Nicholas Moran, the walking encyclopedia on tanks, talks us through!   Discuss this article…