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American B-17 Wreckage Is At Risk In England’s Sandwich Bay

Sandwich Bay B-17 Flying Fortress wreckage

Local authorities in Kent, England, have been made aware that a WWII bomber crash site is vulnerable to looting, with evidence suggesting this may have…

Documentary Reveals This Rotting Breakwater Was Once A D-Day Landing Craft

A History Hit documentary has managed to “conclusively prove” that two wrecks at Poole Harbour, Dorset, are actually veterans of D-Day. The wrecks are in…

The Curious Case of the US Camel Corps

Man standing with a camel in a grassy field

On May 10, 1855, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis wrote one of the most bizarre orders in US Army history. Addressed to Brevet Maj. Henry…

US Military Documents Reveal The Fate Of Hideki Tojo’s Remains

Hideki Tojo (1884 - 1948), former Japanese general, premier and war minister from December 2nd, 1941 to July, 1944, takes the stand for the first time during the International Tribunal trials in Tokyo, Japan, 1947.

A university professor from Japan has unveiled declassified U.S. documents that hold the answer for the whereabouts of executed WWII Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.…

The Sausage War Between Finland and the USSR Was Among the Weirdest Battles of WWII

Finnish soldiers reading a newspaper

On November 30, 1939, hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers and thousands of tanks and aircraft flooded across the Finnish border, signalling the start of…

A South African War Hero Who Should Have Gotten The Victoria Cross

Mural in Springs, South Africa, depicting Job Maseko

A family and campaigners are pushing to get Job Maseko, a South African WW2 hero, the recognition he deserves for his extremely brave exploits during…

A Chicago Tribune Reporter Revealed the US Had Cracked Japan’s Naval Code – The Enemy Didn’t Notice

Guns being fired aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5)

The Battle of Midway was an integral part of America’s fight in the Pacific Theater. The engagement resulted in extensive damage to the Imperial Japanese…

Project Habakkuk: The British Once Tried to Construct an Aircraft Carrier Out of Ice

AI rendering of an aircraft carrier made of ice

The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest-running campaign of World War II. The Kriegsmarine had seized control of the mid-Atlantic, using U-boats to sink…

Canadian Prime Minister Apologizes For Italian Canadian Internment

Italian-Canadian men at an internment camp

On the 27th of May, 2021, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a formal apology to Italian Canadians for their internment during WWII after Canada…

Ämari Pilots’ Cemetery: An Abandoned Graveyard That Uses Aircraft Parts As Gravestones

Aircraft tails sticking out of the forest ground at Ämari Pilots' Cemetery

Ämari Pilots’ Cemetery, the final resting place of Soviet-Estonian fighter pilots killed in air accidents, is a strange sight to behold. The spooky part of…

Lewis and Clark Air Rifle: A Blast From the Past

Painting of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

When one thinks of guns and colonizing the West, violence is often the notion that comes to mind. However, the secret weapon of the Lewis…

British Army Green-Lights £800m Contract For Challenger 3 MBTs

A challenger tank in the field.

An £800 million contract has been signed that will see the delivery of 148 new Challenger 3 main battle tanks (MBTs). These new vehicles are…