Original D-Day footage: US Troops Storm The Beaches Of Normandy
The tide of the Second World War turned on the 6th of June, 1944, changing the course of history forever. On the shores of Normandy,…
Memorial Day Events, New Special Exhibition and Documentary Screenings Highlight May Events at National WWI Museum and Memorial
A slew of events in conjunction with Memorial Day Weekend, the debut of a new special exhibition featuring works of art by World War I…
The Philadelphia Experiment: The US Navy’s Secret Invisibility Research Program
What kind of technologies do the governments and militaries of the world possess? What highly classified project have the public been blissfully unaware of? Anti-gravity?…
“The God of War” – Soviet Artillery of the Cold War
The Russian army referred to artillery as “the god of war.” Its destructive power not only shattered enemy formations but also transformed the shape of…
Breaking The Deadlock – Machine Gun Tactics of WWI
The machine-gun was possibly the most valuable weapon in defining the fighting of WWI. Its massive firepower devastated infantry formations and virtually eradicated the use…
Used His Last Moments In a Burning B-24 To Sink a U-Boat – Rescued German Captain Recommended Him For a VC
Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg was awarded a Victoria Cross for destroying a German submarine in WWII. The only reason we know of his heroic deed…
The most decorated Marine in United States history – Chesty Puller, American Hero
“Chesty” Puller is the most decorated Marine in United States history. Heroic service in Haiti, Nicaragua, the Second World War, and the Korean War earned…
It Took A Media Storm To Get This WW2 Hero Gurkha VC Recipient Entry To The UK
Tul Bahadur Pun was a Gurkha who won many awards for his heroism in WWII. He even received the highest honor that the British could…
Hell Let Loose – A grand platoon-based realistic multiplayer FPS
You’ve never played World War 2 the way it was meant to be played… with lumbering tanks dominating the battlefield, crucial supply chains fueling the frontlines, being…
The Great War Illustrated 1917 – Review by Mark Barnes
I remember a warmish spring evening four years ago when I attended an event at the Houses of Parliament in London where a number of…
Huge WWII Bomb Discovered in Berlin Near Chancellor’s Office, Thousands Evacuated
Approximately 10,000 residents were evacuated from central Berlin on Friday after an unexploded bomb from World War II was discovered at a construction site. A…
WWII-era Plane Crashes at Naval Air Station, Killing Two
A T-6 Texan single-engine fighter plane crashed after takeoff from Naval Air Station Kingsville in southern Texas on Wednesday. The privately owned World War II-era…