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“Secret” Military Bases Hiding In Plain Sight

Ian Harvey

You won’t find any of these locations on a tourist map, but all of them are real, important, and maybe just a little bit scary…

Unsinkable Sam – Legendary Cat Survived 3 Sinking Ships

Since ancient times, there are stories of ships in which cats were indispensable inhabitants. The main purpose of cats was to fight against rodents, since…

The StuG – Sturmgeschütz SPG in Dozens of Photos

Sturmgeschütz (or StuG) was a series of self-propelled artillery used by the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. The most common version, the StuG III,…

Another War Memorial Trashed in Australia

It is difficult to say what motivates someone, or a group of people, to trash an object meant to remind us of the horrors and…

Most Famous Japanese Plane of WWII – 15 Facts About the Mitsubishi Zero

One of the most famous planes of the Second World War, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen, was Japan’s best fighter and the bane of Allied airmen…

Air Cavalry Tactics in Vietnam

wolfenlord

Two distances that appear the same in a flat tactical map may be very different when moving infantry divisions over difficult or treacherous terrain like…

Soldiers Destroyed Town and Everyone in It: Drone Footage of Devastated Oradour

Just a few miles to the northeast of Limoges, France, is one of the most poignant and tragically beautiful of all war memorials. Today, the…

Zina – Germans Took Her Hands and Legs but She Inspired Her Nation

“You have been riveted to a hospital bed, but you can firmly say that you were in the forefront of fighters, tankmen, pilots and artillerymen…

Sergei Aleshkov: ‘Seryozha’ Was the Youngest Soldier in WWII at 6 Years Old

Red Army troops firing their guns from the remnants of a building

The stories about children of war are often tragic; the Second World War, for example, claimed the lives of millions. Some were sent to concentration…

BATTLES THAT CHANGED HISTORY – Book Review

This brave book attempts to condense a few thousand years of organized unpleasantness into a single volume.  The contributors have been tasked with selecting the…

Hidden History of War Revealed by Marlboro Volunteers

The non-political mission of the Marlboro Volunteers is to bring military history to life and to represent all men and women, past and present, who…

5 Old NATO and Soviet Military Aircraft Still Used Today

Developing countries have long been engaged in the arms trade, even more so after WWII. According to Soviet Studies, in between 1968 and 1978, the…