British Bomber to be Recovered from Dutch Lake
The Dutch Ministry of Defense has hired a salvage company to recover the wreckage of a WWII bomber found in IJsselmeer Lake off the coast…
Trinity Site, Where the First Atomic Bomb Was Detonated – A Place that Changed the World
In 1945 the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki saw firsthand the destructive powers of the nuclear bomb. The atomic bomb decimated both cities and…
WWII Veterans Fire Weapons from the War for Reunion
The Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore invited four WWII veterans and their families to come to a gun range in Marriottsville to fire WWII-era weapons.…
History Buffs Love Miniature War Games
The Chicago-area chapter of the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society hosts the Little Wars convention. In these games, there are no screens and no computer-generated bloodshed.…
Amazing Photo Collection Of The Fuehrerbunker in Berlin
We will be taking a look at the bunkers used by Adolf Hitler and his entourage in Berlin. There were two bunkers connected to each…
Firing The Biggest Gun Of WWII, The 80cm Railway Gun ‘Schwerer Gustav’
Schwerer Gustav – This was the name given to a German 80 cm railway gun, a huge piece of artillery designed to be shot from…
The Strangest Images of the First World War
A random collection of some of the strangest images we could find from Word War I. It features men, vehicles, weapons, and unique moments! Trench…
Beachcomber, the Canadian War Pigeon Awarded A Medal After the Dieppe Raid
Animals were part of war efforts throughout history. It would be hard to think of ancient and medieval warfare without horses, elephants, dogs, mules, and…
“So Proud” – American Airplane Passengers Burst into Song in Tribute to Fallen US WW2 Soldier
“Good day ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please.” This was the captain of a Delta Airlines flight speaking to all passengers on…
Civil War Spies: The Confederacy’s Vast Web of Intelligence and Disruption
Reliable Confederate spy records are hard to find. When Union troops were on their way to the South’s capital in Richmond, the Confederate Secretary of…
This Video Shows How US Paratroopers Were Trained During WWII; That Was No Picnic!
In 1930, the US Army experimented with the concept of parachuting three-man heavy-machine-gun teams. Nothing came of these early experiments. The first US airborne unit…
A Staggering 1,085 WW2 Airmen Who Died in the Netherlands Remain Missing
Dutch broadcaster NOS and other war experts have conducted research that supports a claim that says upwards of 1,085 airmen remain missing in the Netherlands.…