Explore the Engine Room in World of Warships Developer Diaries #8
Learn how developers strike a balance between a visually stunning and high performance game September 1, 2015 —Developer Diary #8 takes you straight to the…
Goodbye, WWII Vet and “Great Escape” Survivor Paul Royle [1914-2015]
WWII veteran and “Great Escape” survivor Paul Royle – one of the only two living “Great Escape” survivors – passed away Friday, August 28. He…
The 5 Best D-Day Movies Ever!
72 years after D-Day, the successful invasion of France has been featured in countless movies, series and computer games. Because we know you don’t have time…
The 10 Of The Biggest Military Planes Ever Built
We’ve flipped through the pages of aviation history to bring you ten of the biggest, heaviest, weirdest and most astounding aircraft ever built. Antonov An-225…
UPDATE: Treasure Hunter Who Spent 40 Years Searching For Nazi Gold Train Reveals its Dark Secrets
Editors note: These are the Gold Train updates up to March 2016 In December 2015, the press conference denounced the claims of a Nazi Gold…
Italian WWII Tankette Captured in Africa On Display at Australian War Memorial
An unusual Italian tankette used during World War Two has been transported to Australia for a display at the Australian War Memorial (AWM) in Canberra.…
Monte Cassino – A Monument To German Bravery
On the 15th February, 1944, 1400 tons of high explosives were dropped by the Allied forces advancing upon Rome, on the Benedictine monastery of Monte…
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About ‘Full Metal Jacket’
Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Full Metal Jacket’ is probably, of all Vietnam War movies made, the most influential. It’s an iconic movie with a huge fandom.…
Hitler’s Mistake at Dunkirk
As the 75th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation has been commemorated, historians are looking back and analysing why Hitler did not finish off the Allied…
Mystery of the Napoleonic Army Perished in 1812
The Emperor of the French Empire and one of the most controversial figureheads of the modern European history, Napoleon was ambitious and ruthless hence he…
Hitler’s Last Residence, Fuhrerbunker, Went Unnoticed For 60 Years
A parking lot now sits where Adolph Hitler’s Reich Chancellery once stood. It is long gone thanks to Soviet troops liberating Berlin marking the end…
TRAGIC: 10 JUNE, 1944 ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE
By Richard Brook. On 10 June, 1944, men of the 2nd Waffen-SS “Das Reich” Panzer Division came to Oradour-sur-Glane. Located some 460 km south and…