Following the United Kingdom’s announcement that it will send its Challenger 2 main battle tank to Ukraine, Germany reversed its policy and made similar promises of armored support against Russia’s…
On December 31, 1918, Colonel Luke Lea of the 114th Field Artillery Regiment handed his commanding officer, General R.L. Spaulding, a request for leave from his dreary posting in Allied-occupied…
As the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine nears its 1-year anniversary, fighting in the region continues. Nations around the world have shown their support for Ukraine by sending armored personnel…
There’s no doubt that an authoritarian German government is a bad idea, if history is any indication. But not all Germans apparently agree with that sentiment. The German government launched…
The USS Borie was one of the U.S. Navy’s most aggressive anti-submarine ships in World War II. It was first commissioned in 1919, so by the time World War II…
“Superman” famously debuted in Action Comics #1 in June 1938 and immediately made a splash, both here in America but also over in Nazi-dominated Germany. He was the realization of…
On Nov. 16, 1940, the Royal Air Force bombed the German city of Hamburg. The Battle of Britain began the summer before, with the German Luftwaffe launching large scale attacks…
On June 6, 1936, 15,000 men of the Condor Legion stood at attention on the Lustgarten in central Berlin. Waiting in silence, the eyes of the soldiers and airmen remained…
The act of deception on the battlefield is an integral part of armed conflict. From the Trojan Horse to the American Ghost Army, wartime trickery can mean the difference between…
WWII saw huge advancements in the aviation industry. From the validation and establishment of monoplanes to the introduction of the jet engine, the technology of flight moved at a rapid…