Crossing the Rhine – 70 Years Ago Today – In Pictures!
On March 24th 1945, near Xanten in Germany, the Rhine River was crossed in one of the biggest attacks launched in western-Europe. The attack consisted of…
MUST READ & SHARE: The Great Escape 71 years today. Read this excellent piece of work – it is everything you need to know!
71 years ago today was the beginning of the Great Escape. Below is an excellent article by Rob Davis, Telford, Shropshire from the UK. This is one…
Nazi Hideaway Found Deep Within Argentinian Jungle
A site composed out of some three compact-walled lookouts and suspected to be a Nazi hideaway was discovered by a team from the University of…
Books mark 50th anniversary of Vietnam War
This month is the 50th anniversary of US troops arriving in Vietnam to take part in the Vietnam War. While President Lyndon Johnson hadn’t lightly…
World War One made wrist watches mainstream
Time was told for centuries using sundials and hourglasses. The spring mechanism for the clock was invented in the 1400s, but the clock remained a…
Attack of the Drones – Started in WWII!
Drones are playing a larger role in modern automated warfare. It means that war can be fought remotely without the use of troops or people…
Classic Easter air show to be held in Marlborough, New Zealand
Easter weekend will see a new air show take place in Marlborough, New Zealand. The Omaka Classic Fighters Air Show will take place from Friday,…
Weather manipulation during Vietnam War
As part of the US’s attempt to win the Vietnam War, the US military undertook a secret weather manipulation operation in South East Asia. More…
Napoleon’s hair to be auctioned
Two hundred years since the Battle of Waterloo and two historical items linked to the battle are being put up for sale via auction in…
Indecision over what to do with Hitler’s birthplace
The house in which Adolf Hitler was born still remains standing in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn, and the town has never come…
17 Images of Damaged B-17 Bombers That Miraculously Made It Home
The B-17 Flying Fortress was famous for being able to take a lot of damage and still make it back to base. We have collected…
Hürtgen Forest: The heroic German officer killed in a minefield trying to save an American
October 7, 1994, saw a strange sight over the Hürtgen War Cemetery in Hürtgen, Germany. The cemetery is the final home of 3001 bodies –…