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A Fortunate Son: An Industrialist Father, Infamous Nazi Goebbels As Step-Father, and a Billion-Dollar Legacy

Luftwaffe Lieutenant Harald Quandt was fortunate to be in a British prisoner of war camp in the Libyan port city of Benghazi at the end…

The U-2 Spy Plane & SR-71 Blackbird – All The Things You Are Not Supposed To Know!

The Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ are two planes of which there is not a lot known about them. Here we will learn some facts…

World’s Biggest Sunken Treasure Found: San José, Located off Colombian Coast

The President of Colombia has announced that the ancient 18th-century 60 Gun Spanish galleon, the San José, has been discovered after having sunk more than…

Top 5 Best Military Bolt Action Rifles

Bolt action rifles were the mainstays of armies across the globe for nearly over half a century, and today we pick what we believe to…

The Man Who Spared A Wounded Hitler’s Life In WWI – And Changed The World Forever

The History of War will always be about that which we know for certain, that which we have reason to believe, and that which will…

Top 10 Best World War I Films, Have You Seen Them All?

We are in the 100th anniversary of the World War I. What better time than this to look back at the most memorable depictions of the…

C-47 Dakota on Display at Metheringham Airfield

Metheringham Airfield in Lincolnshire, England, has received its new resident – a World War Two C-47 Dakota. The vintage aircraft has been restored to its…

British victim of the Battle of the Somme finally laid to rest.

On 1st July 1916, men of the 109 Brigade of the 36th Ulster Division gathered on the edge of Thiepval wood in some of the…

African American Women Who made US Military History

Three African American women who made history for their role in the US military are Irene Trowell-Harris, Marcelite Harris, and Danyell Wilson. Irene Trowell-Harris Irene…

Classic Images: Warbirds Over The Pacifc

We have collected some of the best images we could find of Warbirds over the Pacific. Hellcats, Wildcats, Catalina’s, Kingfishers, Corsairs, Aircraft Carriers and many…

The True Story of Two American Fighters Who Took on the Japanese Attack at Pearl Habor Probably a Little Hungover

The nuances of military history are often lost to the passage of time and with the men who could give first-hand accounts.  As much as…

How 300 U.S. Sailors Drowned Off The Coast of Nova Scotia Which Was Then Covered Up For Years

War time propaganda

The USS Ingraham [Via] The Nazis weren’t the only regime to roll out war time propaganda campaigns during the war. The Allied governments also produced…