Frank Kameny: WWII Veteran, Patriot, and LGBTQ+ Activist

Top Photo: Private First Class Frank Kameny, 1943. Courtesy of the Library of Congress “Do you have homosexual tendencies?” the officer asked Frank…

James Allen Ward: The Pilot Who Risked It All to Save His Crew

Top Photo: Sergeant James Allan Ward of No. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF, the first New Zealander to win the Victoria Cross during…

Operation Barbarossa: The Biggest of All Time

Top Image: Stuka squadrons dive on the Kerch Peninsula (in eastern Crimea), attacking the arrays of supposedly-impregnable concrete defensive positions built by the Russians.…

This tank-jet hybrid was used to put out oil fires set by Saddam’s retreating troops

“Big Wind” is a 92,600-pound beast made from a tank chassis and two turbojet engines that are powerful enough to blow out oil fires…

Russian tank crews have a history of using this insane tank battle tactic

The tank battles between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Red Army on the Eastern Front of World War II are the stuff of…

10 tanks that changed the history of armored warfare

The tank was introduced in World War I when Britain unveiled the then-secret weapon against German forces and were able to run these…

This tank reached a whopping speed of 104 mph

With its 1,500 shp gas turbine engine, the M1 Abrams can reach a top speed of 45 mph . Optimized to run on…

This is how General Patton built up his tank division into the most formidable armored force of World War II

When we look back upon World War II history, victory looks certain in hindsight. We were well equipped, well informed, and recruited all…

Green Mace: 127 mm Puzzle

Emerged by the end of World War II aviation the technique left no doubt in one simple fact: the existing anti-aircraft weapons were…

The Historic Development of Automotive Air Conditioning

Although it may not always seem like it (traffic anyone?) we sure are lucky to be drivers in 2019 when air conditioning comes…

Vintage dating tips for single women, 1938

Ladies, this is how you land a man in 1938-style. We always find these vintage “dating tips” for single women hilarious. Just think…

The grave of an Allied pilot buried by Germans during the North African Campaign, 1941.

Martin Maryland Mk II crash site. (Colorized by Laiz Kuczynski). This photograph was taken by George Rodger of No. 1 Section Army Film…