In WW2, This USAAF pilot defected, he flew his P-38 to Milan & joined the SS
During WWII, an American pilot defected to Nazi Germany. Despite this, he was allowed to reenlist in the US military. Martin James Monti was born…
This WW2 Soviet Fighter Ace Had No Legs But Flew 86 Combat Missions And Shot Down 11 Luftwaffe Planes
Alexei Maresyev was a celebrated Soviet pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union, who became famous for his determination to continue the fight, even…
Youngest Vietnam War US Marine Was 14 Years Old When He Joined, He Was Killed In Action Age 15
The story of an underage US Marine who fought in the Vietnam War has been uncovered. Dan Bullock joined the US Marines so that he…
Collected Pictures of the WW2 Battle of Kursk – The Biggest Tank Battle Ever
The Battle of Kursk was a World War II engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union…
The Pictures Of Hitler That He Never Wanted To Become Public
Adolf Hitler certainly did not like all of the photographs that were taken of him. So much so that if he thought a photograph was…
Breathtaking Color Footage of Erwin Rommel & Afrika Korps
Having gained a solid reputation as a military savant of the highest order, Rommel was promoted to Lieutenant General and placed in command of the…
This Revisionist Neo-Nazi Lobby Shaped the Image of the Waffen-SS After the War
From the end of the Second World War to this day, the way the public perceives the role of the infamous Waffen-SS, the armed wing…
Conflict Was Rife After The Fall Of The USSR
The Soviet Union officially ceased to exist on December 26, 1991, 74 years after its inception in 1917. The fall of the Union left the…
Saladin: The Powerful General Who Pushed Back the Might of the Crusades
In the brutal, hard-fought wars of the Middle Eastern crusades, few figures stand out as brightly as Saladin. Rallying Muslim forces, he drove back the…
Brilliant Lego Animation of the WW2 Battle of Arnhem!
This brilliant Lego animation shows the Battle of Arnhem, part of Operation Market Garden. This battle started on September 17th, 1944 and endured till September…
The First North Korean Pilot To Defect – Taking His MiG-15 With Him
It was September 1953, the war in Korea had ended almost two months previously, the ceasefire had been signed and adhered to by both sides.…
The Surrender of the Last Two German U-boats in WW2
Throughout the Second World War, U-boats played a critical role in Germany’s warfare strategy. This was especially so during the Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted…