The Heroic US Coast Guard Who Gave His Life To Save His Shipmates During A Desperate Rescue In WW2
US Coast Guard Cutter Comanche left Boston in January 1943. She made contact with her convoy on the 29th and proceeded as scheduled. It was…
Eye Witness Account: D-Day Omaha Beach Survivor Tells His Story (Watch)
When 160,000 Allied soldiers crossed the English Channel on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the bloodiest of the fights faced by the Allies was the battle…
Amazing Drone Footage – The USS Alabama From The Air – A Very Impressive Battleship (Watch)
The USS Alabama (BB-60) is a South Dakota Class Battleship, launched on April 16, 1942. It served during World War II in both the Pacific…
Original WW2 Footage – Massive 72 Ton Jagdtiger Tanks Surrender In Germany, 1945 (Watch)
The Herman Jagtiger tank destroyer was the heaviest armored vehicle produced during World War II. It weighed 72 tons and had a 128 mm gun.…
Belgian Group Searches For The Family Of A WWII Gunner
A Belgian citizen is asking for assistance to locate the relatives of a Carmarthen man killed at Mol, Belgium. He died when the Lancaster in…
The Amazing WWII War Photographer Whose Story Is Told In New HBO Documentary
Robert Capa, the famous war photographer, once said about taking war pictures that they aren’t good enough if you aren’t close enough. Tony Vaccaro got…
Veteran Of The Famed WW2 Espionage Operation Jedburgh Dies, Aged 94
World War Two veteran William Pietsch, a member of the famed Jedburgh operation which conducted guerrilla and espionage operations against the Germans in Nazi-occupied France,…
Charities Get Together To Treat WWII Veterans To A Trip To The National WWII Museum In New Orleans
Five organizations are banding together to help WWII veterans visit the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. The Gary Sinise Foundation, the National World…
Museum Opens Controversial Full-Scale Replica of Hitler’s Bunker In Berlin
A private museum in Berlin has opened a full-scale replica of Adolf Hitler’s bunker, where he spent the final days of World War II. The…
Veterans Bring Historic Battleship USS North Carolina Back To Life (Watch)
After years of service on the ocean, the USS North Carolina has found a new purpose. She now functions as a museum and memorial in…
How The Stringbag, an Outdated Biplane, Took Out the Gigantic Battleship Bismarck in the Second World War
The German battleship, Bismarck, was one of the biggest vessels ever built in the first half of the 20th century. A marvel of advanced engineering…
Heroic End Of French Fleet – Scuttled 77 Ships To Avoid Capture By Nazi Germany
It was the middle of the night, and a large motorized force of Nazi German troops was descending on the port city of Toulon, on…