The Accident-Prone Medium Bomber That Went On to Become One of the Most Successfull of WWII – B-26 Marauder

The Martin B-26 Marauder was an American twin-engine medium bomber that saw service during World War II. Taking part in action in all…

Victory Markings Were Used By Pilots During WWII to Show Wins Against the Enemy

It’s undeniable that aerial combat played a pivotal role in shaping the outcome of numerous battles during World War II . The skies…

The Arizona Desert is Home to the World’s Largest Aircraft Boneyard

Military enthusiasts and aviation fans alike often marvel at aircraft boneyards, and the largest one in the world is located in the southwestern…

The Night of Broken Glass, Never to Be Forgotten

Top Photo: Vandalized storefront of a shop in Berlin owned by Jews, November 1938. National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD. Kristallnacht, or…

These are the Soviet drone tanks of World War II

When the Red Army crossed the border into Finland in 1939, along with them came a battalion of remote-controlled tanks, controlled by another…

Why making a cup of tea in a British Tank isn’t all that silly?

Perhaps even more so than the queen, dry humor, and flavorless foods, Brits love their tea. There’s nothing more stereotypically British than tea.…

Autopsy of a German tank killed in World War I combat

Germany only produced one kind of tank in World War I, and only one example of it still survives. Recently, Australian historians worked…

Germany’s Puma is a 40-ton death machine.

Germany introduced the world to the concept of blitzkrieg . One of the key elements to this strategy is to have a force…

More Planes were Destroyed in WW2 than Currently Exist on Earth Today

During the tumultuous years of World War II , the skies witnessed a staggering number of aircraft engaged in combat, training exercises, and…

If We Held a Minute of Silence for Every Victim of the Holocaust, the World Would Be Silent for 11.5 Years

The Holocaust remains one of the most devastating tragedies in human history, particularly for European Jewry. The sheer magnitude of the loss is…

During World War I, the French Built a “Fake Paris”

In a clever ploy during World War I , the French government devised a plan to deceive the German air force. Engineers were…

One French tank slaughtered a German Panzer company

While France fell quickly to Germany after the invasion of Belgium in 1940, there were pockets of troops that proved French technology and…