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LOVE IT!! 16 WWII ‘Facts’ That Just Aren’t True…..

There are a lot of myths about World War II, just as there are about any other epic event. Some are half-baked. Some are based…

Victoria Cross: Took on 20 Taliban fighters, dodged “raking” machine fire to rescue a stricken US Marine

Jack Beckett

For saving the life of a US Marine, Briton Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey became the first living soldier to win the Victoria Cross for his…

When A Poorly Equipped Indian Division With WWII Tanks Destroyed A Pakistani Armored Division With Patton Tanks

Pakistani Tank Graveyard Tensions between India and Pakistan have never fully gone away, but during the 1960s they were at their highest. It was in…

A Baseball Legend and WW2 Veteran Dies At The Age Of 90

A New York Yankees Legend Lawrence ‘Yogi’ Berra, well known for his quirky sayings known as ‘Yogiisms’, has passed away on Tuesday peacefully at his…

Milne Bay – The first Japanese Land Defeat of the Second World War

Reprinted with permission from Australian Bunker and Military Museum Milne Bay is located on the south-eastern tip of Papua. Before World War II, most of the area’s…

When a Typhoon Nearly Wiped Out the US Third Fleet

The United States Third Fleet was working in the Philippine Sea in December 1944, carrying out air raids on Japanese airfields, when it found itself…

15 Facts About The B-29 Superfortress You May Not Know

Quickfire, 15 B-29 Superfortress facts that you may not know! 1) There were 3,970 B-29s produced between 1943 and 1946. 2) The B-29 was one…

The Many Movie Mistakes Of Enemy At The Gates

Released in 2001, Enemy at the Gates is a war film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. The film is named after William Craig’s book “Enemy at…

BEAUTIFUL BUT DEADLY! The Fresh Faced Young Girls That Fought For Stalin

Soviet women played a major role in World War II  on the Eastern Front. While most women worked in the industry, agriculture, transport, and other…

AMAZING: 9 Recent WWII Discoveries

Seven decades after World War Two ended, artifacts from this period are still being discovered around the globe. These range from fighter airplanes in the desert…

Dirlewanger: A Violent Alcoholic, Sadist & War Criminal – Was Kicked to Death by His Guards

The notorious 36th Waffen Grenadier Divison of the SS earned its horrible reputation mostly on the Eastern Front where they freely conducted numerous war crimes…

The Mystery of B-24 ‘The Photo Queen’

The mystery of a B-24 bomber that was lost during a reconnaissance mission in the Pacific is on the verge of being solved with the…