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17 Unbelievable Facts You Never Knew About World War II

17 Amazing facts from World War II that you never thought possible, but they are true! The first U.S. service member killed in the European…

The Amazing Flying Wing – Images You Haven’t Seen Before?!

Jack Beckett

The flight test community experienced a major loss with the loss of the Northrop YB-49 some 67 years ago. The jet-powered flying wing broke apart…

Australia’s WWII Lend Lease program

On 10 January 1941, Draft H.R. 1776 – the “Lend Lease Bill” was presented to the United States Congress. Under the proposed act, the President…

22 Of The Most Incredible Images Of Crashed Luftwaffe Planes During The Battle of Britain

During the Battle of Britain, it is estimated that the Royal Air Force shot down 1887 German planes. Some planes crashed nose-first into the ground…

Franklin D. Roosevelt As War Time President: Hand-On and Decisive

Ian Harvey

Franklin D. Roosevelt led the United States through World War II and the Great Depression. He was the only President of the United States to…

Wewelsburg Castle – The Nazi Temple of Doom

The castle of Wewelsburg overlooks the village of the same name in Westphalia, Germany. It once belonged to the prince-bishops of Paderborn, and after that…

FASCINATING: The US built mock German & Japanese villages during WWII to learn how to bomb them

It’s well known that the U.S. Army built a myriad of projects in the southwestern deserts of the States to test various new kinds of…

The Human Bomb – Jumped From Stricken B-17 Without A Parachute And Survived

In 1943, an American airman participated in the bombing spree of a French town, resulting in incredible devastation. The man wasn’t satisfied, however, so he…

Low Flying B-17 From ‘The War Lover’ Movie – This Is Some Crazy Flying (Watch)

This video shows several low passes by a B-17 at RAF Bovingdon in England; it’s a clip from the movie “The War Lover.” The War…

The Surrender of Japan Aboard the USS Missouri

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Imperial Japan announced its surrender on August 15, 1945. The surrender was formally signed a few weeks later, on September 2, 1945, halting the hostilities…

Killing Heydrich, the Butcher of Prague

It all began on September 30, 1938 when the Munich Agreement was signed. With this agreement, England and France gave the Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler…

Inside the M24 Chaffee Part 3 by World of Tanks

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Despite its respectable age, the M24 Chaffee is still on the go. In this episode of “Inside the Chieftan’s Hatch”, Nicholas Moran, the walking encyclopedia…