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French beach where D-Day troops landed used as mega dinghy launch pad
25+ min ago (1780+ words) By ADAM POGRUND IN NORMANDY It's a remote stretch of Channel coastline which had a role in 20th century history so fabled that it still attracts groups of tourists daily. Utah Beach was one of the key battlefields for the tens…...
Uncovering a Holocaust survival story
50+ min ago (84+ words) An oral history project organized by former schoolteacher Matthew Rozell to interview World War II veterans uncovered little-known stories from the conflict, including the liberation by American troops of 2,500 Holocaust survivors from a so-called "death train" in April 1945. Correspondent Seth…...
24 Wartime Photos Released Long After the Fighting Ended
5+ hour, 45+ min ago (157+ words) By Adam Garcia | Published 25 seconds ago Decades after soldiers returned home and battlefields fell silent, many of the most important visual records of warfare finally emerged from restricted archives. These images, withheld from public view for half a century or…...
Watch Sledgehammer: My Father The WWII Hero
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (37+ words) Sledgehammer: My Father The WWII Hero FOX One Sledgehammer: My Father The WWII Hero Joey Jones hosts as a son shares untold stories of his father, WWII hero Eugene 'Sledgehammer' Sledge, preserving the legacy of all veterans....
The German WWII Panzer VIII Maus Tannk Was Specified at 100 Tonnes, Redrawn at 120, and Came Out Near 190. Hitler Ordered 5 Before the Design Was Finished and Wanted 10 a Month. Germany Completed 2 Prototypes, and Neither Ever Fought.
2+ hour, 38+ min ago (547+ words) The Soviets found both Maus tank wrecks, took the good turret off one and the good hull off the other, and welded them into a single working tank. It is still on display....
How the GDR made a Trabant with a Wankel engine and what happened to it
5+ hour, 21+ min ago (271+ words) Sep 13, 2026 12:20 72 It seemed that the East German automotive industry had a real chance of a technological breakthrough. However, these ambitious plans were not destined to come true: the rotary Trabant remained a unique one-off, and all the advanced developments disappeared…...
World War II veterans take flight again in B-17 aircraft
10+ hour, 28+ min ago (21+ words) Yahoo World War II veterans take flight again in B-17 aircraft...
De Havilland Venom: Switzerland Flew It Until 1983
3+ hour, 6+ min ago (903+ words) by Max Grünwald | Sep 13, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments In 1971 a Swiss fighter jet landed on a motorway. Not in an emergency — on purpose, as part of a doctrine that assumed Swiss airfields would be cratered within hours of a…...
Two World War II soldiers coming home after eight decades
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (928+ words) LITTLE FALLS — Two Minnesota soldiers who went to war in the 1940s and remained missing for more than eight decades will be laid to rest one week apart at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Little Falls. The interment of Army…...
The Convair XFY Pogo: Fighter That Took Off Standing Up | Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine
1+ week, 2+ day ago (729+ words) by Connor Kerr | 8. Mai 2026 | Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt | 0 comments Then he has to land it. By looking backwards over his shoulder. While the aircraft hovers vertically and falls, very slowly, towards the ground. Most pilots could not have done it....