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French Hospital Evacuated After Senior Arrives With WWI-Era Shell Stuck Up Rectum

Clare Fitzgerald
Nurses stood around a hospital bed + Surgeon holding a WWI-era shell

Hôpital Sainte-Musse in Toulon, France had to be partially evacuated on December 17, 2022 after an 88-year-old senior arrived at the emergency room with a…

Mariya Oktyabrskaya: The Red Army Tanker Who Avenged Her Husband

Mariya Oktyabrskaya standing in the hatch of a T-34

Mariya Oktyabrskaya was a telephone operator hellbent on revenge after finding out her husband had been killed in battle against the Germans. Taking matters into…

Is General Winter Russia’s Greatest Wartime Ally?

Elisabeth Edwards
Artist's rendering of General Winter + German soldier standing in the snow

He’s been Russia’s ally for centuries, aiding in the defeat of some of the greatest armies in history. From Napoleon to the German Wehrmacht, “General…

Aleksandra Samusenko: The Only Female Tank Commander of the Second World War

Red Army soldiers stood atop T-34s

Women during the Second World War were typically relegated to working as nurses, in factory production or, in some instances, in the military, to fill…

Tom Cruise Thanks Fans for Watching ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ By Jumping Out of Plane

Clare Fitzgerald
Tom Cruise falling through the air

Tom Cruise has thanked audiences for making Top Gun: Maverick the highest-grossing film of 2022 in a way only the 60-year-old could: jumping out of…

Russian Military Releases Ballad to ‘Son of Satan’ Ballistic Missile

Clare Fitzgerald
Denis Maidanov playing guitar in front of an orchestra made up of Russian military members

As the fighting in Ukraine continues, the Russian military has released a song discussing the destruction of NATO members at the hands of the country’s…

Royal Thai Navy Warship HTMS Sukhothai Sinks During Severe Weather, 31 Still Missing

Boat sailing alongside the sinking HTMS Sukhothai (FS-442)

The Royal Thai Navy has announced the warship HTMS Sukhothai (FS-442) has sunk in the Gulf of Thailand after getting caught in a storm that…

Letters Discovered In Used Book Reveal Mother’s Heartbreak Following Son’s Death at Pearl Harbor

USS Maryland (BB-46) sailing past the capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37) + Handwritten letters

When the Japanese launched their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor during the Second World War, hundreds of American Sailors, Marines, various other military personnel and…

Amazing Discovery – Captured T-34 Found Decades After It Was Abandoned By the German Army

Fleet of T-34s driving down a street in Berlin

In the decades since the end of the Second World War, thousands of discoveries have been made. From sunken ships and downed aircraft to unexploded…

Then and Now: Incredible Photos Show France During WWII and Today

M4 Sherman driving along a street in Avranches

There’s nothing that better showcases the true impact of the Second World War than photos of the locations where the fighting took place. While it…

Why the M2 Browning .50 Caliber is the Most Lethal Heavy Machine Gun in History

Three soldiers manning an M2 Browning .50 caliber heavy machine gun

The powerful M2 Browning .50 caliber heavy machine gun entered development following orders from Gen. John J. Pershing in World War I, and it has…

First Special Service Force: The ‘Devil’s Brigade’ That Struck Fear Into the Germans

Members of the First Special Service Force lined up in the interior of an aircraft + Patch of the First Special Service Force

The various Special Forces groups of the Second World War played a major role in the evolution of elite units in the decades to follow.…