The Development of the Soviet Union’s La-5 Fighter in WWII
Author: Patrick Kinville In the Summer of 1943, the German Luftwaffe encountered the Soviet Lavochkin La-5 for the first time in large numbers in the skies…
Michael Wittmann, the Deadly German Panzer Ace Of WWI
Between the myth and reality lies a figure of great importance in the history of armored warfare. Michael Wittmann, the most successful panzer ace of…
Burial with Honors for Polish WWII Heroes
Two Polish heroes of World War II received state burials with military honors, seventy years after their deaths. Danuta Siedzikowna, codenamed “Inka,” was a 17-year-old…
The North African Campaign of World War Two – In Pictures!
The First Battle of El Alamein (1–27 July 1942) It was a battle that lasted 27 days and prevented Afrika Korps from reaching Cairo. After…
GI Jive – From Glenn Miller to Beethoven and Back Again, These Songs Were The Soundtrack to World War Two! With Videos!
Since the days of the ram’s horn, music has been a part of war. During WWII, the Office of War Information urged musicians to create…
Haunting Pics Of A Rare Tu-128 – The Largest & Heaviest Fighter Ever In Service
The Tupolev Tu-28, a Soviet long-range interceptor from the 1960s, had the NATO reporting name Fiddler. At the time, it was the largest and heaviest…
Returning to WW2 Battle of Guadalcanal: An Australian Story
One of the only remaining Australian World War II veterans who participated in the Solomon Islands campaign returned to mark the anniversary of the Battle…
Duane Zemper, USAAF Aerial Photographer Of World War II
Almost 75 years after he was discharged, Duane Zemper, 96 – accompanied by his son, Eric – is looking forward to touring the Pentagon along…
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.…