Russian Rambo of WWII
During the Great Patriotic War, as the Second World War is known by the Russians, there were several occasions when one or more soldiers of…
German “Space Force”? – Model Discontinued After Complaints That People Will Think Nazis Built Spaceship
German toy and game manufacturer Revell has removed from store shelves its model of a “Flying Saucer Haunebu II,” which is described as a war…
WWII “Warbirds” Hugging the Dirt in 22 Pictures
Man has always strived to reach the sky. From the mythical age of Daedalus and Icarus to the birth of modern aircraft in the early…
Colville Tribe Warriors – Six Brave Native American Vets from WWII
The Navajo “Code Talkers,” while being the most famous, were not the only Native Americans that fought with distinction during WWII. Men from the Colville…
The Minsk Offensive 1944 – Bagging German Army Group Center
The Minsk Offensive was a strategic military action carried out in the eastern part of Soviet Belarus and directed against the troops of Nazi Germany.…
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…
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…
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…