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This Fighter Pilot Saved a Bomber Squadron From German Fighter Attacks For over Half an Hour. Alone

During WWII, he single-handedly protected a bomber squadron against German planes… even when he ran out of ammo. They called him the “One Man Airforce”…

Skorzeny: The Mythical Nazi Commando (Part 1)

Guest Blog For War History Online By Adeyinka Makinde The rescue seventy years ago of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from captivity in a hotel lodge…

Top 10 Greatest Military Blunders of World War II (Watch)

Why did the Allies win the Second World War? Did they have the best soldiers, or the best generals, or the most powerful weapons? Did…

“We Were Soldiers” Hal Moore Talks About The Battle For Ia Drang (Watch)

Lt. General Hal Moore talks about the Battle of Ia Drang at the 2008 American Veterans Center’s Conference. It was November 14, 1965, in the…

A Hero Returns Home From Iraq – Ten Years Later

The remains of F-16 pilot Maj. Troy Gilbert arrived home almost ten years after his death in Iraq while saving the lives of coalition allies…

WWII in Color-Blitzkrieg Over Holland, Belgium and France (Watch)

It has been 76 years since Belgium, The Netherlands, and France were invaded by the German armies. A color video tells the story of the…

This Could Be The US Army’s New Light Tank – The Griffin

Defense contractor General Dynamics has unveiled a new armored vehicle designed to fulfill a U.S. Army requirement for a new light tank. The MPF would…

Bavaria Criticized For Laziness Regarding Stolen Art

Bavaria’s minister of culture recently acknowledged artworks entrusted to it stolen from Jews by the Third Reich, were sold back to the descendants of Nazi…

Leningrad, The City That Refused to Starve During The 900-Day Siege

Although many of us, after a hard day’s work complain of being ‘absolutely starved,’ how many of us have ever experienced starvation – real starvation?…

Watch The Amazement As These Veterans Open Up A Modern Day Army First Aid Kit

Military veterans from Desert Storm, Vietnam, Korea and World War II were given the opportunity to look at a first aid kit the military is…

The Russian AK-47 Versus The American M16 – Testing Two Of The Most Iconic Post-WW2 Rifles

The AK-47 and the M16 were two important rifles of the period following the Second World War. The AK-47, often known as the Kalashnikov after…

20 World War Two Jeep Facts Every Jeep Owner Should Know

World War II saw the creation of one of America’s most beloved vehicles, the Jeep. Now primarily produced for consumer use, the Jeep was once…