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Top 10 Most Bizarre Tanks Ever Built

Tanks are designed for front-line combat. These strong armored fighting vehicles are a pivotal part of any land forces in warfare. Tanks can be used…

DIDN’T KNOW THIS!! Kept secret throughout the war, US naval base at Ulithi was for a time the world’s largest naval facility

On March 1945, the largest convoy of US Navy ships and personnel sailed from a base in the Pacific Ocean. Where was this base? This…

Must See: Amazing Stock Footage Of the Siege of Bastogne

The Ardennes Offensive was a last ditch attempt by the German army to halt the Allied advance across western Europe. The plan called for a…

Himmler’s Witches Library Discovered in the Czech Republic

The library of books about the occult accumulated by Heinrich Himmler, Nazi SS chief, was discovered last year in the Czech Republic. Since the end…

Hero Who Wouldn’t Surrender Received Posthumous Victoria Cross

  Every soldier who braved the battlefields of World War I is a hero. Among the soldiers from Chichester, West Sussex, there is one who…

Future leaders – Training new Army officers through Lincoln’s ROTC program

By Jeremy P. Amick For nearly three years, Lt. Col. Donald “Ray” Ferguson has served as professor of military science for the Reserve Officers’ Training…

“Cheap” Purple Heart to be Returned to Owner’s Family [Sold for $4.99 at Goodwill]

A Purple Heart, sold for $4.99, will soon be reunited with the family of the man it was awarded to. Shopping isn’t a big errand…

After More Than Half a Century, World War II Drydock to find a new Home

The Richland drydock, in use in the Pacific since World War II, was moved to the Philippines from Naval Base Guam in January. The 467-ton…

Amazing Photos Of The Fuhrerbunker in Berlin – Have You Seen Them All?

Hitler’s Last Day

We will be taking a look at the bunkers used by Adolf Hitler and his entourage in Berlin. There were two bunkers connected to each…

Royal Marine Threw Himself on a Grenade, Walked Away with a Bloody Nose and the George Cross

He shouldn’t have lived.  And in fact, if you were to ask him, he would tell you that at the time he thought for sure…

Tank Museum Secures Funding To Overhaul Iconic Matilda II Tank

The Tank Museum has been successful in securing nearly £20,000 worth of funding from the Art’s Council’s PRISM fund to support the overhaul of its…

I Survived A Firing Squad

Can you imagine what it must be like to be marched out to face a firing squad, say goodbye to your closest friend who is…