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7 Vehicles and Inventions that Shaped D-Day

D-Day invasion

World War Two was a period of innovation and development for military equipment and weaponry, as both the Allies and Nazis tried to outwit each…

Czech car killed more Nazi officers than active combat

1941 Tatra T87, s/n 49870 and engine no 12786345 via Wikipedia Historians have revealed that more Nazi officers were killed in the Czech car, the Tatra…

German Blitzkrieg At The Start of World War Two

Blitzkrieg

[Via] While most of the world commemorates 70 years since the end of World War Two this year, the war began back in the beginning…

Would you go back in time and kill Hitler?

The conference room at the Wolf’s Lair soon after the July 20th 1944 assassination attempt, via Wikipedia Most people would make killing Hitler their first…

US Navy tanker discovered off Hawaiian coast

US Navy tanker

[Via] A US Navy tanker has just been discovered after sinking almost 60 years ago off the coast of Hawaii. Marine researchers were diving in…

Operation Fire Power (1954)

A Show of American Fire Power! Air view, bombs falling and exploding in line across ground (several shots). SV F 84 thunder-jet rocket and bomb…

New biography tells real life Great Escape character

The World War Two veteran who was played by Steve McQueen in Hollywood movie, The Great Escape, is the subject of a new biography. William…

New book tells story of Women’s Auxiliary Air Force

A new book about the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) is being released to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, which…

Russian General Who Defeated Napoleon in 1812 was saved by A French Surgeon

The time when soldiers were dying because of minor infections on the battlefields, a Russian general survived two shots to the head and went on…

New Excavations Reveal 250 Year Old British Fort in New York State

A new excavation at Lake George Battlefield Park in New York State has revealed over 250 year old stone walls belonging to a British fort…

10 Myths about the Nazis

Many myths have grown up around the infamous Nazi Party which led Germany into war, and plunged the world into global conflict. Some of these…

Liam Neeson To Star As US military General Douglas MacArthur In New Korean War Movie

Actor Liam Neeson has been announced as playing US military General Douglas MacArthur in a new movie about the Korean War. The movie, to be…