A Long-Lost Shipwreck is Now Slowly Emerging from the Waves!
It is amazing what the shifting sands of a river mouth will uncover. On the 16th February 1916, the Norwegian collier, SS Hjordis, sank off…
A Historic Bomb Shelter Built to Protect Shipbuilding Workers in WW2.
Set on the side of a cliff in Port Glasgow, Scotland, is an abandoned World War II air raid shelter, thought to be one of…
Live WWII Munitions Discovered on Florida Beach!
Sarasota County will spend an additional $1 million as part of a renourishment project on Siesta Beach. The project was poised to finish under budget…
Great British Code Breakers of the First World War
The incredible work of Britain’s World War Two code breakers at Bletchley Park is widely celebrated. But its precursor – the naval intelligence of Room…
Watch this Video to learn some Cool Facts About Nazi Germany’s Sturmgewehr Assault Rifle
After several years of rejecting the idea of a new automatic or semi-automatic weapon, Hitler asked his top commanders on the Eastern Front what they…
Australia’s Pearl Harbor – The Bombing of Darwin By Hundreds of Japanese Aircraft
At 9:58 AM, February 19th, 1942, the humming drone of Japanese fighters and bombers was heard over Darwin, Australia. The residents, soldiers, and sailors of…
Throwing a Nuke Mid-Loop Was A Real US Airforce Tactic! With Video!
The US Air Force tactic known as ‘toss bombing’ or the ‘over-the-shoulder maneuver,’ is accomplished by flying towards the target at lower altitude, pulling up…
Nazi Monster Heinrich Himmler’s Diaries Throw Light on the Workings of His Evil Mind
Heinrich Himmler, you may have heard of him if you know anything about Nazi Germany and its Hierarchy. Himmler kept track of every minute detail…
WW2 German Ace Stumbled Across a Crippled B-17 and Escorted It Home
Truly touching moments of humanity, ethics and morals are rather rare in warfare. The Christmas Truce of WWI was an excellent example of such humanity,…
Honor in Battle – The WW2 Spitfire Pilot Spared by Enemy Fighters
John Hamilton Nicholls was a Spitfire pilot in World War II. He destroyed or damaged ten enemy aircraft during the war and was awarded the…
Looted painting from Hitler’s wall went up for Auction earlier this year
Recently an oil painting by Ernst Friedrich went be up for auction in the U.K. What makes this painting so special, you ask? Well, it once…
The Development of the Soviet Union’s La-5 Fighter in WWII
Author: Patrick Kinville In the Summer of 1943, the German Luftwaffe encountered the Soviet Lavochkin La-5 for the first time in large numbers in the skies…