Tank Battle at Dukla – WWII Battle in East Slovakia Featured at Svidnik Museum
Military history aficionados had a reason to rejoice in May, as the Military Historical Museum’s department in Svidnik (Prešov Region) kicked off its high season…
Living History – Tradition Keeps the Stories Alive
Stories and Stones, held at Fort Missoula Post Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in Missoula, Montana, is a unique event that remembers the lives of some…
Interceptor Turned Fighter-Bomber – 16 Facts About the Hawker Typhoon
Though it never quite lived up to its intended role, the Hawker Typhoon was still a valuable asset in the British armory of the Second…
The ‘Huey’ – Legendary Workhorse of Vietnam War in 30 Pictures
When speaking about the Vietnam War what image comes to mind first? Every war has some iconic machines that exceeded expectations. For the Vietnam War (also known as…
German Attack on Fort San Carlos and Teddy Roosevelt’s Response
Maracaibo is the second largest city in Venezuela with a population of 1.3 million people. It is situated along the waterway that runs from Lake…
Escape Master of WWII – Brigadier Norman Crockatt
During the Second World War, Allied prisoners of war (POWs) were greatly helped in their escape attempts by MI9, a secretive department of the British…
Axis Invasion of the Balkans and Crete with Photos
On June 10, 1940, Italy’s Benito Mussolini, with his self-delusion of greatness, declared war on Britain and France. Given the state at the time of…
The Owl-Eagle – 14 Facts About the Heinkel He219 Night Fighter
During the Second World War, night-time bombing raids became common, and both sides of the conflict tried to give their pilots and planes a better…
Reverse-Engineering the B-29 Into the Soviet Tupolev TU-4
The American relationship with the Soviet Union during WWII (1939-45) was an exceedingly strange one. For some two decades, the United States and the Soviet…
Browning M1911s For Sale – US Gov’t Liquidating Stock of Classic Sidearm
Imagine entering the Army and receiving your personal firearms only to see that the pistol that you are issued, the Browning M1911, looks very much…
Best Commerce Raider in History – CSS Alabama
In 200 feet of water off the north coast of France, near the port of Cherbourg, lies a Confederate warship which never saw a Confederate…
Mountain Warriors of WWII – Moroccan Goumiers
The part played by the Moroccan Goumiers in the Second World War has to some extent been overlooked by historians, but these Muslim mountain fighters…