On June 6, 1944 the history of the world changed when the Allies landed along the Normandy coast, beginning the D-Day invasion of World War II. Tens of thousands of…

The M4 Sherman, officially Medium Tank, M4, was the most numerous battle tank used by the United States and some other Western Allies in World War II. It proved to…

The Battle of Shiloh was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6 – 7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. A Union army under…

With Flak-Bait front fuselage, conservation team members from left, Jeremy Kinney, Lauren Horelick, Pat Robinson and Chris Moore. (Credits: Michelle Z. Donahue) Ah, that new car smell. New plane smell…

As World War II draws to a close, reports of an indestructible, ghostly-white Tiger tank spread amid the Soviet ranks. After barely surviving a battle with the almost-mythical beast, Red…

Home Fires is a British period television drama about the life of Women’s Institute members on the Home Front during the Second World War. Acclaimed actresses Francesca Annis and Samantha…

United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) 78th Fighter Squadron, stationed at Midway from January 23 until April 21, 1943 to protect the island, its garrison and fortifications and the submarine…

One of the most, if not the most, emotionally wrenching decisions made by the British government during World War II was its decision to relocate its children out of urban…

The MP-43 (which is mechanically identical to the MP-44 and Sturmgewehr 44; the differences are the subject for another video later) is a tilting bolt rifle with a long stroke…

Roza Shanina was only 14 when she ran away from home and only 20 when she became a sniper in the Red Army, determined to face the German invaders that stormed…