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11/22/2021

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04/22/2020

War Story Wednesday: The history of anti-tank weaponry.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/bazooka.html?fbclid=IwAR3mzfrI6o0jXzCN5HOQqjz6COpZi3fRsI9MmVeEgxtoUUP9FgE_Wf6ez8I

Source: War History Online

In 1942, the use of tanks in World War II was a threat to infantry soldiers mostly because of the tanks' impenetrable armor and lethal armaments. This

04/15/2020

War Story Wednesday: Airborne infantry of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, the only Canadians to participate in the Battle of the Bulge. Belgium, January 1945.

04/09/2020

Throwback Thursday: Submarine HMS Tribune on the surface while still in Scottish waters, September 1, 1942.

04/08/2020

War Story Wednesday: By the time they were found, they were under 264 feet of solid ice...

https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/glacier-girl-the-back-story-19218360/

Source: Air Space Magazine

04/02/2020

Throwback Thursday: Probably the first drone used in modern warfare, the Goliath tracked mine could easily take out a tank in one blow as long as it could get close enough. The tracked vehicle could carry 60kg of explosives and was steered remotely using a joystick control box attached to the rear of the Goliath by 650m of triple-strand cable. Goliaths did see combat and were deployed on all German fronts beginning in the spring of 1942. Their role in the action was usually nugatory, however, having been rendered immobile by uncompromising terrain or deactivated by cunning enemy soldiers who had cut their command cables.

04/01/2020

War Story Wednesday: A WW2 treasure hunt for the history books...

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/the-mystery-of-the-missing-gold.html

Source: War History Online

The gold, allegedly, was then used to fund top-secret black operations conducted by the CIA over the next few decades. One indisputable fact about war –

03/26/2020

Throwback Thursday: The Ho 229 was a German prototype fighter/bomber. The design was a response to Hermann Göring's call for light bomber designs capable of meeting the "3×1000" requirement; namely to carry 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) of bombs a distance of 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) with a speed of 1,000 kilometres per hour (620 mph). It was the first flying wing to be powered by jet engines. The jet was never put into full production, however late model prototypes were captured by the United States during the final stages of WW2.

03/25/2020

War Story Wednesday: Armed with a SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle, she had achieved 100 confirmed kills...by the end of her first month in combat.

Source: War History Online

In 1957 two women sat, stiff and formal, because of an unwelcome man. Fed up, the younger one grabbed the other, pulled her into a room, and locked the

03/19/2020

Throwback Thursday: A Big Red One Soldier in a protective snow suit from the 16th Infantry Regiment, advances toward enemy positions in the Butgen back sector of Belgium. January 13, 1945

03/18/2020

War Story Wednesday: The War Could Not Have Been Won Without This Wonderfully Simple Piece Of Design...

Source: War History Online

In 1940 the British Army faced a crisis: they needed a cheap, easy to assemble bridge for war in Europe. Donald Bailey came to the rescue.

03/12/2020

Throwback Thursday: Firing American .45 caliber submachine guns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8sy1sHMX9k

Source: Vickers Tactical

Battle of the Submachine Guns Pt.1 M1A1 Thompson Click here to subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=VickersTacticalInc Click here t...