Family of POW Killed In Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Blast Speak Out
Susan Archinski and her husband Tony have a personal stake in the remembrance of Hiroshima. Susan’s uncle, Normand Brissette, was a prisoner of war being…
Missing Soldiers, Mistakenly Buried With The Enemy, Identified and Returned Home
Pfc. Lawrence S. Gordon was killed during World War II. His remains were mistakenly turned over by the U.S. military to the Germans and buried…
It Was Weird But It Worked! Vought V-173 “Flying Pancake”
During WWII the United States Navy built experimental fighter aircraft through its Vought XF5U “Flying Flapjack” program. One of the aircrafts built was the Vought…
The Last Great Tank Battle of the 20th Century
The “last great tank battle of the 20th century” took place on February 26th, 1991, in the Battle of 73 Easting. The 2nd Armored Cavalry…
The 1936 Nazi Olympic Venues – Then and Now!
Eighty years ago this August, Nazi Germany welcomed the Olympics to the city of Berlin for two weeks. The Nazis used the games to promote…
Top 10 Facts – World War II (Watch)
World War II lasted from September 1st, 1939 until September 2nd,1945 when Japan formally signed the surrender documents. This was a war on a whole new…
When An Israeli Air Force F-15 Landed Safely With Only One Wing
In 1983, on the 1st May, in the middle of an air combat session by the Israeli Air Force taking place in the Negev, an…
20 Images of Damaged B-17 Bombers That Miraculously Made It Home
The B-17 Flying Fortress was famous for being able to take a lot of damage and still make it back to base. We have collected…
Football Used on Front Lines in WWI May Return to England After 100 Years
A French collector is reportedly preparing to sell a priceless football used by soldiers on the front lines of World War I during the Battle…
Australia Brings Vietnam Casualties Home
The first Australian killed in action in the Vietnam War has finally been returned home, more than fifty years after he died. Warrant Officer Kevin…
Pilots Honor Crashed Comrade at Airshow With Missing Man Formation
Pilots from an airshow at the American Airpower Museum performed a “missing man formation” salute to the pilot whose World War II plane crashed into…
Mark V** – A longer tank for wider trenches (Watch)
When the Germans realised what a threat tanks could be, they made their trenches wider to trap them; one answer to this was to build…