THE WEHRMACHT’S BEST TANK: How Germany Built the PERFECT Machine but LOST THE WAR_Nup
By 1944, the German engineering school had achieved a miracle. They had created a tank destroyer that was free of flaws. It was faster than the Tiger, lower than the Panther, and more deadly than both of them. Its frontal…
The US ‘BANNED’ MEAT CHOPPER: Why THIS Weapon Was The Wehrmacht’s WORST Nightmare_Nup
There is an old soldiers myth that the Geneva Convention prohibits firing at infantry with large caliber anti-aircraft guns. Allegedly, this is inhumane. In reality, no such prohibition exists, but the legend did not arise out of thin air. It…
Why Germany Walked Willingly Into the Greatest Soviet Trap_NUp
In the icy grips of the Russian winter of 1943, the German high command, reeling from their crushing defeat at Stalingrad, faced a monumental decision to launch one of the largest armored offensives in history at Korsk or…
Two B-17s collided mid-air, but instead of exploding, they fused together and kept flying as one. nu
Two B-17s collided mid-air, but instead of exploding, they fused together and kept flying as one On December 31, 1944, as the world prepared to ring in a new year, the sky over the North Sea became a graveyard of…
The Payback: How the Soviets Unleashed Hell After Kursk_NUp
On July 12th, 1943, as the dust settled on the devastated fields of Korsk, the Soviet Union didn’t just hold the line, they turned the tide with an overwhelming response that would mark the beginning of the end for Nazi…
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….