A B-17 lost its entire nose at 20,000 feet – See how the crew flew using bare, frozen cables. nu
A B-17 lost its entire nose at 20,000 feet – See how the crew flew using bare, frozen cables On July 14, 1944, at 9:42 a.m., the laws of aviation ceased to apply to a B-17G Flying Fortress nicknamed Mizpah. First…
His plane was shredded and his body broken, yet, he kept firing until the Zeros vanished. nu
His plane was shredded and his body broken, yet, he kept firing until the Zeros vanished At 05:30 on June 4th, 1942, First Lieutenant Daniel Iverson climbed into the cockpit of his Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless on Eastern Island, Midway Atoll….
They thought he was dead after the crash, minutes later, his one-winged ghost jet returned to strike. nu
They thought he was dead after the crash, minutes later, his one-winged ghost jet returned to strike At 08:20 on June 14, 1944, Lieutenant Edward Fightner climbed into the cockpit of his F6F-5P Hellcat on the flight deck of the…
Annihilation: The 23 Days 500,000 Soldiers Vanished_NUp
On June 23rd, 1944, German commanders in Bellarus went to bed confident. Their defensive lines would hold for months. By breakfast, their entire front had ceased to exist. While history books obsess over D-Day, they’ve somehow forgotten something …
A B-26 charged the Japanese flagship at deck-level, and the crew was so close, the enemy couldn’t aim. nu
A B-26 charged the Japanese flagship at deck-level, and the crew was so close, the enemy couldn’t aim At 7:10 a.m. on June 4th, 1942, First Lieutenant James Muri dropped his B-26 Marauder to just 200 feet above the Pacific….
The Vistula-Oder Offensive | How 450,000 Germans Faced 2.2 Million Soviets_Nup
In early January 1945, General Joseph Harpe stood before a map that spelled his doom in simple arithmetic. His Army Group A held a 500 km front along the Vista River, stretching from the Carpathian Mountains in the south to…
The Taste of Mercy: Why American Medics Surprised Japanese POWs With Their Favorite Comfort Food. nu
The Taste of Mercy: Why American Medics Surprised Japanese POWs With Their Favorite Comfort Food White Rice in Wisconsin On a bitter February morning in 1944, 183 Japanese prisoners shuffled into the mess hall at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. Snow lay…
After Kursk: Operation Kutuzov — The Orel Trap That Ended Germany’s Offense | Part 1
July 12th, 1943, 3:00 in the morning. Field Marshal Walter Mod is asleep somewhere behind the German lines near Kursk. His 9inth Army locked in a brutal grinding match against Soviet defenses. For 7 days, his panzers have advanced just…
Outgunned and invisible, a small wooden boat snuck into the fleet, and one shot changed naval history forever. nu
Outgunned and invisible, a small wooden boat snuck into the fleet, and one shot changed naval history forever At 10:47 p.m. on December 11, 1942, Lieutenant Lester Gamble throttled his PT-37 through the ink-black waters off Guadalcanal. Through his binoculars,…
No Torpedoes, Just Skin: When these two ships collided, the war became a brutal deck-level brawl. nu
No Torpedoes, Just Skin: When these two ships collided, the war became a brutal deck-level brawl At 01:53 on November 1, 1943, Lieutenant Charles Hutchins stood on the bridge of the USS Borie, tracking a radar blip 8,000 yards north of…