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One German Who Defied Hitler

His gesture remains engraved in the minds of people around the world, yet August Landmesser’s name is not widely known. He is the man in the iconic…

A Vietnam War Sniper Crawled for 3 Days Across 2000m of Open Field, Killed NVA General With One Shot, Then Crawled Back

Carlos Hathcock was a genuine Vietnam War hero and an undisputed legend in the U.S. Marine Corps for his exploits in southeast Asia. With a…

World of Tanks Sets Its Sights on PlayStation®4

Wargaming

Global gaming hit to make debut on Sony platform World of Tanks continues its dominance as Wargaming today announced that their wildly popular World of…

The Pacific’s Bitterest Battle of the War for the Marines – Peleliu in 24 Amazing Pictures

The Battle of Peleliu began on 16 September 1944 and lasted until 27 November of that same year. United States Marines of the First Marine…

17 Unbelievable Facts You Never Knew About World War II

17 Amazing facts from World War II that you never thought possible, but they are true! The first U.S. service member killed in the European…

The Amazing Flying Wing – Images You Haven’t Seen Before?!

Jack Beckett

The flight test community experienced a major loss with the loss of the Northrop YB-49 some 67 years ago. The jet-powered flying wing broke apart…

Australia’s WWII Lend Lease program

On 10 January 1941, Draft H.R. 1776 – the “Lend Lease Bill” was presented to the United States Congress. Under the proposed act, the President…

World War One German trench mortar returns to Norfolk village

A World War One German trench mortar that was given to a village in Norfolk, England, as a trophy of the war, has returned to…

22 Of The Most Incredible Images Of Crashed Luftwaffe Planes During The Battle of Britain

During the Battle of Britain, it is estimated that the Royal Air Force shot down 1887 German planes. Some planes crashed nose-first into the ground…

Franklin D. Roosevelt As War Time President: Hand-On and Decisive

Ian Harvey

Franklin D. Roosevelt led the United States through World War II and the Great Depression. He was the only President of the United States to…

Wewelsburg Castle – The Nazi Temple of Doom

The castle of Wewelsburg overlooks the village of the same name in Westphalia, Germany. It once belonged to the prince-bishops of Paderborn, and after that…

FASCINATING: The US built mock German & Japanese villages during WWII to learn how to bomb them

It’s well known that the U.S. Army built a myriad of projects in the southwestern deserts of the States to test various new kinds of…