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Fire in the Sky: The 5 Greatest Air Battles in Military History

Air battles have become a necessity for modern warfare. Here are some of the most historic and memorable battles that have taken place in the air.…

WATCH: Top 10 Dumbest Weapons Ever Created

Dumbest Weapons

As if bombs and guns weren’t already reliable ways to kill, the inventors of these top 10 dumbest weapons have found imaginative new ways to…

War games in Europe and Russia Could Spark WWIII

A year after the conflict in Ukraine, military exercises and war games in the region continue apace on a large and potentially worrying scale. Now,…

Romania ensures Holocaust denial is against the law

The Eastern European nation of Romania has made a unique legal case to ban Holocaust denial, but not just once, it has had to ban…

Nazi Germany Tall Ship “Eagle” Went To the US Coast Guard after World War Two And Is Sill In Use Today

Eagle tall ship

The tall ship “Eagle” was originally built by the Nazis during World War Two, today the ship is used for training by the US Coast Guard.…

Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow) – fastest piston engine fighter of WW2

Dornier Do 335

During the Second World War, the Dornier company was building a radically different airplane, the Do 335 Pfeil (“Arrow”). Having a unique “push-pull” layout and…

Malta – The Greatest Siege in History Part 5 – The Fall of St Elmo

As the fight over Fort St Elmo raged incessantly, with neither Muslim nor Christian yielding in their determination, and the death of many brave men…

ZEMKE’S WOLFPACK – Review by Mark Barnes

ZEMKE’S WOLFPACK

Colonel Hubert Zemke was the personification of a leader possessed of immense discipline and personal strength. He combined courage with the unswerving respect he commanded…

Top Secret – Tito’s Nuclear Shelter – By Edin Hardauš

Yugoslavia was in a difficult situation at the end of WWII. The country was destroyed, devastated and robbed. Post-war reconstruction of the country implemented slowly…

How to Lose the War in 100 Days, Give The Eastern Front to Himmler

The headline may come to a surprise to many, wasn’t Heinrich Himmler the person behind the SS and the Holocaust? Surely he wasn’t in command…

Thousands of Japanese brides fled to US after World War Two

World War Two saw a surge of marriages between Japanese women and American troops in the Pacific. Even though they were enemies thousands of Japanese…

Imperial War Museum launched Blitz exhibition

Manchester’s Imperial War Museum (IWM) has launched its new exhibition on the Blitz. Seventy five years ago this year Britain came under its first massive…