Was it really two men per gun? Soviet armament in WW2
Bombs explode in the distance. The soldiers hear the thump of artillery shells and duck away from a strafing fighter. They are urged forward by…
The ‘Stars’ of the Nuremberg Trials: War Criminals Convicted There, Some Faces You May Have Forgotten About
On November 19, 1945, the Nuremberg trials started with indictments against 24 major war criminals and seven organizations. All of the criminals tried were members…
How Churchill Became The World’s Greatest Wartime Leader
When World War II broke out, the British government was led by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Within a year, Chamberlain would be replaced, becoming little…
Delaying Das Reich: How Saboteurs Held Up a Critical Armored Division for 17 Days
D-Day was the most spectacular amphibious landing in history, and the campaign that followed was mostly remembered for direct fighting between Allied and Axis forces.…
Strange but True: Vladimir Kuts Served in the American & Red Army During WW2
The history of World War II contains many heroic pages with biographies of soldiers and officers who deserve to have their own film or novel.…
Why there are only 2 flyable Ilyushin Il-2 aircraft left
Of all the Soviet combat aircraft in WWII, the Ilyushin Il-2 was one of the most important. This Russian plane was produced in great quantities…
The Nazi Invasion of the Netherlands: How a Country Fell in Days
On the 10th of May 1940, the German Army began its invasion of Western Europe. To ensure a route through to France, the Germans invaded…
Ku-Go. Japan’s top-secret weapon inspired by Tesla’s “Death Ray”
The arms race during World War Two resulted in an entire gallery of new weapons. Some of them opened completely new perspectives of conventional warfare,…
The Fierce Australian Juggernaut: The firing was so intense the jungle was stripped of vegetation in minutes, the Japanese were decimated
In August 1942 the Japanese were hell-bent on taking the city of Port Moresby in New Guinea. Trying to stop their inexorable advance along the…
Hero: Forcing the copilot’s body off the controls, he brought the plane out of a steep dive, flying with his left hand only
During the course of war, it is safe to say that many men who fight have some very bad days they would like to forget.…
Quiet Man: When Cadets at The US Air Force Academy Realized Their Janitor Was Medal Of Honor Hero
Some men’s greatness is not immediately apparent to observers, and that was certainly true of William Crawford. The quiet, seemingly unremarkable man worked as a janitor…
Remember the Vought XSB2U-1 Vindicator? Here Are 24 Images to Remind You
In the 1930s, military technology was on the rise, especially when it came to aircraft. Various companies were working together with governments in Germany, Great…