Mike Durant (Black Hawk Down) – Not an Ordinary Man
On first meeting Michael J. Durant, you would find him a pleasant, ordinary, American, family man. He enjoys playing ice hockey and is also dynamic…
Inside the Chieftain’s Hatch Matilda II Part 2 – By World of Tanks
The second part of a four-part tour of the Infantry Tank Mk II, Matilda II. The Infantry Tank Mark II, best known as the Matilda,…
Fighting Through the Streets of Fallujah, David Bellavia Survived Brutal Hand to Hand Combat
Any other year and November 10th would be one of joy and revelry as David Bellavia celebrated his birthday. However, 2004 was not any other…
How To Load The M1 Garand The US Army Way (Watch)
The M1 Garand rifle is a 0.30 caliber semi-automatic US rifle designed in 1928 by Canadian-American firearms designer John Garand. It was in service as…
The Notorious Andersonville Confederate POW Camp Where 13,000 Died and Henry Wirz
“Hang Him” and “Remember Andersonville” were epithets screamed by former Union prisoners of war at the hanging, on 10th November 1895, of one of America’s…
Top Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Facts!
A single-engine American aircraft, the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an all-metal single-seat ground attack aircraft and fighter that first took to the skies in 1938.…
Amazing Rare German WWII Combat Footage In Color (Watch)
See this astonishing combat footage from WWII! Watch, as it begins with the German soldiers marching in their famous or, depending on your preference, infamous…
Operation Nimrod: The SAS Assault on the Iranian Embassy
On 5th May 1980, the Special Air Service (SAS) stormed the Iranian embassy in London, ending a six-day siege. It was an event that brought…
6 Brutal Forms of Military Discipline from History
However hard they are trained, all armies face some problems with discipline. Anything from shirking tedious duties to running on a bloodthirsty rampage can undermine…
Veterans who Fought in Vietnam War Find Peace Living in the Very Villages they Fought in
While many think that men who serve in war would be ecstatic to finally come home, that is not the case with some. During the…
American WWII Pilot Attends Reopening of American Air Museum in England
The 91-year-old Bill Toombs still recalls the sight of 2,000 warplanes over Europe during the D-Day landings in June 1944. “You will never see that…
Swiss Bunkers take on a new lease on life
Switzerland that famously neutral country, situated slap-bang in the middle of Europe, has not fought a war in over two hundred years. This fact has…