Watch: Nazi Germany’s Heavy Tank: Panzer VIII Maus
In late 1944 the Germans completed the first Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus, the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever to see the light of day. The…
Original Color Footage – Hercules Landing & Taking Off From Aircraft Carrier (Watch)
When it comes to being the heaviest and largest airplane to land on an aircraft carrier, the award goes to the C-130 Hercules. For two…
Sergeant York – Captured 132 German Soldiers In WWI – Movie Scene
Sergeant Alvin York was seemingly born to a hardscrabble existence and anonymity in death, but World War One changed that forever. The story of York is…
Amazing Footage – Abandoned WW2 Luftwaffe German Military Airbase
The German airfield Schönwalde was built in 1934 by the German Ministry of Aviation as a base for the German Air Force. They did this at…
A Dangerous Job: Clearing Unexploded WW2 Bombs In The Pacific
There are divers who search for wrecks under the sea in the hopes of finding treasure, but those from Operation Render Safe, are diving for…
Returned To Family 72 years After His Death – The Personal Effects Of A WWII Pilot
Lieutenant Harry F. Warner, Jr., was a decorated WWII hero killed during a bombing mission with the 63rd Fighter Squadron. His plane was shot down…
Civilian Fishermen, Father and Son, Captured By A German Submarine And Became Prisoners of War
Imagine the surprise when the mother of 17-year-old James Ritchie received a postcard from him months after he and fellow fishermen disappeared saying they were…
American Soldier to be Honoured in Roxbury, New Jersey, Decades after His Death On D-Day
Phil Weinpel knew his uncle died on D-Day, but that’s all he knew about his mother’s brother, Edward Morozewicz. He recently learned much more. Last Saturday…
When The U.S. Army Was Almost Defeated By North Korea In the 1950s
In the summer of 1950, U.S. faced a new threat. The Communist Bloc grew rapidly in 1949, when China opted to join. However, the U.S. still had…
The Battle of Jutland – A Pyrrhic Victory For Germany In World War One
Even though Imperial German Navy was a well-prepared force during WWI, with a considerable amount of powerful vessels, it was still no match for the traditional…
76 Hours Of Hell – The Battle Of Tarawa – 5,700 Dead For Twelve Square Miles
The Battle of Tarawa was one of the more terrible American experiences in the Pacific theater of World War Two. It was one that would…
Identified And Returned Home After 74 years – Two American Soldiers Killed in WW2
In October of 2011, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency was contacted by an Australian citizen in Papua New Guinea who drew their attention to possible…