The Battle Of Britain, The Most Famous Aerial Battle In History
The most famous aerial battle in history, the Battle of Britain was a hard fought and desperate struggle to hold back Nazi Germany. Having launched…
Fantastic Sight and Sound – Incredible Modern Flyover By 17 WW2 Spitfires!
The Battle of Britain raged between July and October 1940. The German Luftwaffe (Airforce) attempted to wipe out the Royal Air Force (RAF) in preparation…
Operation Sealion: Hitler’s Doomed Plan to Invade Britain
Great Britain’s success in holding out against Nazi Germany has become the stuff of national legend. The only country in Western Europe to successfully stand…
Stalingrad: For 59 Days 30 Soviet Soldiers Were Under Siege In Pavlov’s House, They Never Surrendered
The Battle of Stalingrad is one of the best-known battles of WWII. The siege of the city that lasted from 23rd of August, 1942 to…
The Incredible Story of Sgt López, Who Saved His Division and Was Awarded the Medal of Honor
Since June 6th, 1944 the Allied armies had been pushing hard against a determined and well-equipped foe. By December of that year, they had reached…
He slammed his hand on the table and screamed to Hitler “I will not take orders from a local Nazi chieftan”… and he got away with it
Written by Nigel Mountford on Quora and reproduced with permission. This is General Dietrich von Saucken. As you can see, he is literally the archetypal monocled…
1945: Crossing the Rhine – In Pictures!
On March 24th 1945, near Xanten in Germany, the Rhine River was crossed in one of the biggest attacks launched in western-Europe. The attack consisted of…
The Battles of El Alamein – The Beginning Of The End Of Rommel’s Africa Corps
In the summer of 1942, things were looking bleak for British and Commonwealth soldiers fighting in North Africa. The forces of Nazi Germany under General…
Normandy as you have never seen it before. Drone images of iconic locations
Some amazing images taken by a drone. Whilst in the Normandy for the 71st anniversary of D-Day the World War II Foundation used a drone…
In WW2, This USAAF pilot defected, he flew his P-38 to Milan & joined the SS
During WWII, an American pilot defected to Nazi Germany. Despite this, he was allowed to reenlist in the US military. Martin James Monti was born…
This WW2 Soviet Fighter Ace Had No Legs But Flew 86 Combat Missions And Shot Down 11 Luftwaffe Planes
Alexei Maresyev was a celebrated Soviet pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union, who became famous for his determination to continue the fight, even…
Collected Pictures of the WW2 Battle of Kursk – The Biggest Tank Battle Ever
The Battle of Kursk was a World War II engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union…