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Tanks vs Bridges, Guess Who Lost! (Pictures)

Check out this collection of images of tanks that proved too heavy for the bridges they were driving on. All but one of these fascinating…

Incredible Images Of The Abandoned Bunkers and Fortresses of the Maginot Line

The Maginot Line was a series of fortifications built by the French Government in the 1930s. It ran along the border with Germany and was…

8 Most Wanted Nazi Criminals Still At Large

Each year since 2001, Efraim Zuroff of the Simon Wiesenthal Center produces an Annual Status Report on the Worldwide Investigation and Prosecution of Nazi war…

Bren Gun vs MG 34 Spandau – Which Was Better? (Watch)

The light machine gun was an important weapon of World War II. Designed to support infantry, it could be carried and operated by a single…

Dresden Pays Its Respect to the Victims of the 1945 Allied Firebombing Attack

Dresden is a city located in eastern Germany that recently paid its respects to the thousands of people who were victims of the Allied firebombing…

Guest Blogger Dan Snow – Dunkirk: Day by Day – 27 May 1940 (Watch)

76 years ago today – Operation Dynamo was underway. However the evacuation at Dunkirk was made increasingly difficult by the German Luftwaffe who pounded Dunkirk…

A Staggering 1,085 WWII Airmen Died in the Netherlands and Remain Missing

Dutch broadcaster NOS and other war experts have conducted research that supports a claim that says upwards of 1,085 airmen remain missing in the Netherlands.…

Many Australian Soldiers Died in the Battle of Pozieres; It is Time to Honor Them

One of the bloodiest battles in World War I took place in the small French village of Pozieres. Records show that almost as many Australians…

A Soldier’s Grave Uncovered From The Civil War

Within Osceola County an unexpected and historic grave marker from the Civil War era has been uncovered. The community is going to put together something…

British Adventurer Crashes Vintage Biplane in Arizona

Tracey Curtis-Taylor, a 54-year-old British adventurer, was flying her World War II vintage biplane across the U.S. when it crashed in the Arizona Desert. She…

Le Paradis – Where the SS Murdered 97 British Prisoners on May 27th 1940

In 1940, members of the British military were slaughtered – after they had surrendered to German forces. Two survived, but no one believed their story.…

Helicopter Door Gunners are Awesome – Aerial Gunnery in Modern Huey (Watch)

Watch the Marine Light Attack Training Squadron 303 in a UH-1Y Huey helicopter give close air support as part of a training exercise on February…