Ilyushin Il-2: The T-34 Of The Skies
By the end of WW2, the Soviet Union had mastered the art of mass-production, producing 80,000 T-34s, the second most produced tank ever, and 42,000…
Marine MIA At Pearl Harbor Has Been Identified After 80 Years
Californian Marine Pfc. John Franklin Middleswart has been identified and buried with full military honors 80 years after he died during the attack on Pearl…
Kugelpanzer: What Was the Purpose of This German Armored Vehicle?
The Germans developed an array of combat vehicles over the course of the Second World War. The majority have accompanying documentation that allow historians to…
Felix Steiner: The SS General Who Turned Against the Führer
The Waffen-SS was a military division that aided Germany’s domination of Europe in the lead-up and during the Second World War. Initially consisting of soldiers…
Families Aren’t Happy With Plans Not To Identify 85 USS Arizona Crewmen
The U.S. military has found itself in a tough situation regarding the identification of 85 sailors from the USS Arizona. In particular, the Defense POW/MIA…
Did You Know Wartime Rationing Actually Helped the British Public Get Healthy?
Rationing is often thought of as a type of “starvation diet,” but did you know that wartime rationing not only changed the dietary habits of…
American B-17 Wreckage Is At Risk In England’s Sandwich Bay
Local authorities in Kent, England, have been made aware that a WWII bomber crash site is vulnerable to looting, with evidence suggesting this may have…
Documentary Reveals This Rotting Breakwater Was Once A D-Day Landing Craft
A History Hit documentary has managed to “conclusively prove” that two wrecks at Poole Harbour, Dorset, are actually veterans of D-Day. The wrecks are in…
US Military Documents Reveal The Fate Of Hideki Tojo’s Remains
A university professor from Japan has unveiled declassified U.S. documents that hold the answer for the whereabouts of executed WWII Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.…
The Sausage War Between Finland and the USSR Was Among the Weirdest Battles of WWII
On November 30, 1939, hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers and thousands of tanks and aircraft flooded across the Finnish border, signalling the start of…
A South African War Hero Who Should Have Gotten The Victoria Cross
A family and campaigners are pushing to get Job Maseko, a South African WW2 hero, the recognition he deserves for his extremely brave exploits during…
A Chicago Tribune Reporter Revealed the US Had Cracked Japan’s Naval Code – The Enemy Didn’t Notice
The Battle of Midway was an integral part of America’s fight in the Pacific Theater. The engagement resulted in extensive damage to the Imperial Japanese…