The Second World War was a driver of rapid technological advances in both Allied and Axis nations, and Japan’s I-400-class submarine surely ranks as one of the most impressive feats of design and ...

In the years following the Second World War, many films were released that detailed the dangers faced by both friend and foe. At the time, many standouts saw Academy Award-winning director John Ford ...

As World War I dragged on, an unexpected group became known for being ruthless. Canadians, stereotyped as friendly, kind and agreeable, certainly displayed none of these characteristics when it came ...

The Vietnam War was infamous for the guerrilla warfare the American forces were largely unprepared for. The Viet Cong were on home turf and used this to their advantage when it came to creating and ...

Dwight D. Eisenhower viewed firsthand the crimes that were committed by the Germans at concentration camps when he visited the newly-liberated Ohrdruf during the Second World War. The sights were so ...

The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk has a long and impressive history that spans over more than half a century. Developed for the US Navy and Marine Corps, it’s been adopted by Air Forces around the world and ...

The 1913 Gettysburg Reunion was an event held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its namesake battle. The engagement, considered the turning point of the American Civil War, involved 93,921 Union ...

The Tank Museum has announced the latest update on its restoration of the King Tiger V2. The restoration project, which is one of the museum’s most ambitious engineering projects to date, is relying ...

In 1884, the Maxim gun was created, forever changing warfare. Over the subsequent 100 years, the idea of the machine gun was continuously improved. Some became lighter, so they could be more easily ...

Fact and fiction are blended seamlessly in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001), which can sometimes make it hard to determine what really happened and what was embellished. While the majority ...

In the 1960s, Charlie Beckwith from the US military helped set up and lead an elite force of troops akin to the British SAS. Code-named Project Delta, this group of soldiers conducted long-range ...

The Navy SEALs are among the most highly-regarded Special Operations forces in the United States, only made more illusive by stories of their various units, such as SEAL Team Six, who are basically ...