World War 2 | War History

This Finnish Ace Took to the Skies Against a Soviet Enemy That Outnumbered them 9 to 1

  The 1930’s and 40’s would see a great deal of larger nations preying on the small, but don’t make the mistake to automatically equate…

Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer – The Night Fighter Ace Who Shot Down 7 Lancaster Bombers In 19 Minutes

Once you know the story of Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, it’s pretty hard to forget. Schnaufer was an incredibly skilled pilot. He was arguably one of the…

Was It Really A War Crime – Thousands of Germans Died in American POW Camps In 1945

For all but fringe debaters on the subject, the book is closed. The horror and death caused by maltreatment or murder in German, Japanese and…

He Parachuted Out Of His Crippled B-24 Then Killed The Enemy Pilot With A Head Shot From A Pistol

The following story may or may not be true, but the US Army Air Force (USAAF) believes it is. It is about a man who…

A Fortunate Son: An Industrialist Father, Infamous Nazi Goebbels As Step-Father, and a Billion-Dollar Legacy

Luftwaffe Lieutenant Harald Quandt was fortunate to be in a British prisoner of war camp in the Libyan port city of Benghazi at the end…

Iconic Colourised Images of Operation Market Garden

The Battle of Arnhem, Nijmegen and Eindhoven (Operation Market Garden) 17–25 September 1944. On Sunday 17 September, 500 gliders and 1,500 aircraft flew over the…

A Date Which Will Live in Infamy: Pearl Harbor 75 Years On

On 7 December 1941, Japanese forces launched a surprise attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The attack shocked America…

The True Story of Two American Fighters Who Took on the Japanese Attack at Pearl Habor Probably a Little Hungover

The nuances of military history are often lost to the passage of time and with the men who could give first-hand accounts.  As much as…

Check Out The Incredible Armored Trains Of WWI & WWII

Armored trains are a relic of the past by today’s standards but in the late 19th and early 20th century, these big steel-plated locomotives besieged…

‘The Battle of the Bulge’ was so Historically Inaccurate, That President Eisenhower Came Out of Retirement & Held a Press Conference Just to Denounce the Film.

‘Battle of the Bulge’ is an American classic war movie, it was made in Spain and hit the screens in 1965. It was directed by…

Watch: Unbelievable Color Footage of Operation Market Garden

Operation Market Garden was the plan by Field Marshal Montgomery to outflank the German fortified Siegfried line by going through The Netherlands. The Netherlands is…

Architect of Marines WWII Strategy, General Holland “Howling Mad” Smith Sure Knew How to Stick It to the Army and Navy

Inter-service rivalry is kind of a thing within the military and while many would compare it to a fight amongst brothers, let us not forget…