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Chicago Honors Easy Company, Heroes of Operation Market Garden In The Second World War

The City of Chicago paid tribute recently to the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and 101st Airborne Division, more popularly known as Easy Company.…

Last Surviving Doolittle Raider Remembers America’s Daring Bombing Raid On Japan

At Perry-Houston County Airport in Georgia, a B-25 Mitchell bomber called Show Me , recently, sat at the end of a Runway 36. Aboard was Richard E.…

Group Rallying To Raise Funds To Bring Remains Of American WWII Veteran Home

American Legion Post 516 is named after Willie B. Hatcher, a World War II veteran who left a pregnant wife at home to fight in…

Top 5 Battles Where Fighting Spirit Overcame The Odds

Battles can be lost for a hundred different reasons. Poor numbers, unwise strategy, inferior weapons, the list goes on. But just occasionally, a fighting force…

5 Insanely Creepy Stories From The Two World Wars

Ian Harvey

Undoubtedly war is an ugly business, but at times war forces humans to cross the boundaries of humanity and come up with ideas that could put the…

Desmond Doss – Hacksaw Ridge: The Medal of Honor Story Hollywood Simply Must Get Right

Once Hollywood gets hold of a story it often becomes difficult for the viewer to separate fact from Hollywood fiction.  With the upcoming release in…

Restored Boeing B-29 Superfortress ‘FiFi’ Takeoff – Filmed From The Cockpit!

In this video, we see a truly magnificent plane, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, affectionately known as ‘FiFi.’ This Superfortress was built by the aircraft company…

Audie Murphy, Highly Decorated US Soldier Who Went On To Have Successful Hollywood Career

One of the most highly decorated American soldier of World War II, Audie Leon Murphy, was born on the 20th June 1925.  His life story…

Brickmania – Massive LEGO Model Of The WWII Battle of Peleliu (Watch)

The Battle of Peleliu began on 16 September 1944 and lasted until 27 November of that same year. United States Marines of the First Marine…

Watch: Nazi Germany’s Heavy Tank: Panzer VIII Maus

In late 1944 the Germans completed the first Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus, the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever to see the light of day. The…

Original Color Footage – Hercules Landing & Taking Off From Aircraft Carrier (Watch)

When it comes to being the heaviest and largest airplane to land on an aircraft carrier, the award goes to the C-130 Hercules. For two…

Amazing Footage – Abandoned WW2 Luftwaffe German Military Airbase

The German airfield Schönwalde was built in 1934 by the German Ministry of Aviation as a base for the German Air Force. They did this at…