By Sacrificing Himself Coastguard Douglas Munro Saved 500 Marines From Being Slaughtered
The United States Coast Guard was founded on a tradition of taking small boats into dangerous conditions to save lives. This skill made Coast Guard…
The Browning Automatic Rifle M1918 BAR
The Browning Automatic Rifle, or simply BAR, proved to be one of the most reliable weapons of the Second World War. Developed on the eve…
7 Types of Medieval Armor – From Quilted Cloth to Full Steel Plate
More than any other artifact of war, armor dominates visual images of medieval Europe. From the chainmail carefully stitched onto each warrior in the Bayeux…
Judge Rules Against the Original Owner’s Descendants in WW2 Looted Artwork Case in Pasadena
It is a well-documented fact that during WWII, when Europe was in such turmoil, Nazi Germany looted millions of dollars worth of artwork from the…
Epic Run By 93 Year Old Veteran to Send a WWII Ship Back to Normandy
What would you do if you wanted to raise the money to send a WWII-era ship from Indiana to Normandy for the 75th Anniversary of…
Flying Vintage WW2 Planes in Oregon
Today’s modern air flights mainly consist sitting in a cramped seat and looking out of a tiny window. But flyers in Central Oregon had the…
A New Remote-Controlled Armored Vehicle, Developed in Russia. Watch What It Can Do!
A Russian military-industrial company, VPK LLC, has designed a new, remotely controlled vehicle. The vehicle is a remotely controlled model of the wheeled armored vehicle, the Tigr.…
2016 Battle of the Atlantic Project – Protecting Wrecks From the Civil War to WW2
The 2016 Battle of the Atlantic Project is a project run by the NOAA and its partners. The aim of the project is to locate,…
Russia Rebuilds Aging Naval Fleet
Russia began combat operations in Syria in October of 2015. This has become one of the priorities of their navy. The investment in constructing ships,…
Legenda Searches Latvia for WWII Remains
The volunteer group, Legenda, sifts through the WWII battlefields of Latvia looking for the remains of soldiers. They then exhume them and send them home…
WWII SAS Members Identified for Roll of Honor
For thirteen years a former soldier using the pen name Ex-Lance-Corporal X has worked to document and commemorate every SAS member killed in World War…
Colonel Redl: The Spy Who Destroyed the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Alfred Redl was a walking contradiction ― a splendid military career crafted by pure ambition and a sense of duty, opposed to the high treason…