Henry Mucci’s rescue of POWs from Cabanatuan Prison Camp
On the face of it, it looked to be a rescue mission with little chance of success. Reports had filtered through of the most terrible…
WW2: Accidental Detonation of 4,000 Tons of Explosives In England Killed 70 and Scarred the Land Forever
On November 27th, 1944, seismologists in Switzerland at first thought it was an earthquake, hardly guessing the seismograph recorded the effects of a massive explosion…
The Longbow: Its Rise and Dominance – It Totally Changed Medieval Warfare
The growing effectiveness of metal armor created a challenge for medieval soldiers. While the elite of knights and men-at-arms were now well protected, the majority…
Madagascar Air Force Boneyard: Tragic End of Douglas C-47s, MiG0-21s and Antonovs
In this DAKOTA HUNTER BLOG, you will read and see photos of yet another Aircraft Boneyard that existed for years in Madagascar. In one of…
Movie Mistakes – Some Of The Worst Things Hollywood Gets Wrong about Ancient and Medieval Battles
Personally, I love Hollywood historical epics no matter how ridiculously inaccurate they are. Anything that gets history out in the world is okay with me.…
India Firming Up Plans To Further Expand Navy With Another New Aircraft Carrier
India’s second aircraft carrier will be powered by nuclear energy, the latest report prepared by prominent Defense journalist Ajay Shukla says. The Navy already has…
When 20 P-51 Mustangs Take Off, The Glorious Sound Of Humming Merlins Fills The Air (Watch)
In 2007, over eighty P-51 Mustangs and hundreds of WWII aviation Legends including Fighter Aces, Tuskegee Airmen and WASPs, along with thousands of spectators, came…
This Might Have Been Britain’s Weirdest Ever Tank – The Independent A1E1
Ordered to War Office specifications in 1922, the Independent A1E1 finally appeared in 1926, to a revised design by Vickers-Armstrong. It took part in the…
Author’s Latest Work Tells Tale Of Operation Torch In WWII
Vincent O’Hara has written or co-written eleven books about military history. Most of them were published by the Naval Institute Press, who named him their…
A Small German Museum Displays A Big Collection Of Uncomfortable Art From The Nazi Era
Scary. Concerning. There are, perhaps, no two adjectives that so accurately describe Nazi art. “Museum Unter Tage” in Bochum is showing Nazi artworks to show…
Thousands March In Red Square To Commemorate Russian Sacrifice In WW2
Russia commemorated the 75th anniversary of the parade in 1941 when Soviet Union soldiers headed for the wartime front lines of WWII. Thousands of Russian…
Incredible Footage: 101st Airborne On The Eve Of D-Day, June 5, 1944
The 101st Airborne Division is a unit of infantry, paratroopers, of the United States Army trained for air assault operations. They were dropped by parachute…