This Doesn’t Happen Every Day – Huge Collection Of WW2 Tanks Sold At Auction (Watch)
“It’s a very rare event,” Patrick Nerrant said about the auction to sell off his collection of 40 armored vehicles. They included 13 tanks, several…
France Acknowledging Government’s Responsibility For Roma Internment During WWII
France has historically been the home of large populations of Gypsies known as “gens du voyage,” or “travelers,” since they generally live in their caravans…
This Man Hopes To Reunite A Second World War Dog Tag With The Soldier’s Descendants
72 years ago, during the Second World War, a soldier named Gaston Clermont died. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) knows the date he died…
Rare WWII Aircraft Share The Air: DeHallivand Mosquito And Lockheed P-38 Lightning
This video captures a unique moment in aviation history. Two of the world’s most rare aircraft dance through the sky together at one of the…
This Is How US Paratroopers Were Trained During WWII – It Was No Picnic
In 1930, the US Army experimented with the concept of parachuting three-man heavy-machine-gun teams. Nothing came of these early experiments. The first US airborne unit…
This American Flying Tigers Veteran Never Forgot How He Was Saved By Chinese Villagers
When the US entered WWII, many believed they’d lose because Japanese victories kept piling up at America’s expense. Historians claim that the Battle of Midway…
The Best Sniper Of World War 1 (Watch)
Francis Pegahmagabow is not a well-known name, but he was a Canadian First Nation sniper-hero of World War One and the most-awarded native soldier in…
Get A Really Good Look: The M1 Garand Firing In Slow Motion (Watch)
General George S. Patton, one of the most important Allied generals of World War II, called the M1 Garand Rifle ‘the greatest battle implement ever…
Unexploded Military Ordnance Remains A Threat For 100 Years
Unexploded ordnance recently employed in Iraq, Yemen, and Ukraine to name but a few, or in the past, such as Vietnam, lies in wait for…
The Brutal Reality of Naval Warfare in the Hundred Years War
War at sea in the Middle Ages could be a terrible business. Rather than a firefight between ships, it consisted of fierce boarding actions with…
The Devil of Rabaul: Japanese Ace of Aces With 88 Kills Who Died In The Passenger Seat
“In the ocean of the military, reflective of all distinguished pilots, an honored Buddhist person.” So translates the name awarded to Japanese pilot Hiroyoshi Nishizawa…
Documentary Covers Secretary for Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Propaganda Minister
A German Life (Ein Deutsches Leben) is a German film featuring four directors interviewing Brunhilde Pomsel. Pomsel, 105, was the personal stenographer for Joseph Goebbels,…