HMS Medusa (A353): The Ship That Marked the Way to Omaha Beach in June 1944

  Photo Credit: Geoff Moore / The Travel TrunkThe HMS Medusa (A353) – formerly known as the Harbour Motor Defence Launch (HMDL) 1387 – was near Omaha…

James R Ward: The USS Oklahoma Crewman Who Remained Behind at Pearl Harbor and Made the Ultimate Sacrifice

  Photo Credit: 1. USN / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain 2. Naval History and Heritage Command / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain…

On Christmas Eve 1944, American and German Soldiers Came Together for a Temporary Truce In the Hürtgen Forest

  Photo Credit: History Archive / Universal Images Group / Getty ImagesWhen you ask someone about a wartime Christmas truce, they’re more likely…

Hikers Made An Incredibly Rare Discovery In a Northern British Field – A Canadian Ram Tank!

  Photo Credit: United Kingdom Government / Tank Museum Guide. Part III 1940-1946 / Wikimedia Commons / Public DomainIn the decades following the…

Francis P Hammerberg Was Awarded the Medal Of Honor After Performing An 18-Hour Rescue Mission At Pearl Harbor

  Photo Credit: 1. HUM Images / Universal Images Group / Getty Images 2. U.S. Navy / U.S. Department of Defense (Colorized &…

The ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Detail Most Viewers Missed – It Changes Our View of the Film

  Photo Credit: andrewz / Dreamworks Pictures / Paramount Pictures / MovieStillsDBSaving Private Ryan (1998) is arguably one of the best war movies ever…

Japan Turned to Kamikaze Frogmen to Defend Against a Potential Allied Invasion

  Photo Credit: 1. Reinhard Dirscherl / ullstein bild / Getty Images 2. Apic / Getty ImagesIn the final stages of the Second World…

Flying ‘the Hump’ Required Allied Pilots to Fly Over the Himalayas in Terrible Conditions

  Photo Credit: PhotoQuest / Getty Images (Colorized by Palette.fm)During the Second World War, the Allied forces in the China Burma India (CBI)…

Japan to Sail Carrier Into South China Sea In Massive Show of Force

Japan’s Izumo class helicopter carrier will be sent on an unprecedented three month long patrol the the tumultuous South China Sea. The Izumo will call on ports in Singapore,…

Littoral Combat Ship Fires Its First Vertical Launch Hellfire Missi

On February 28th, the Freedom class Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit fired a Hellfire missile for the first time. The event came nearly three years after the…

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