Buckler’s Hard is a small riverside hamlet in New Forest, and it was once one of the busiest private shipyards of the 1700s.

Tiger Day Autumn and its sister event, Tiger Day Spring, are dedicated to Tiger 131, a German Tiger I tank that was captured ...

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A napalm strike erupts in a fireball near U.S. troops on patrol in South Vietnam, 1966 during the Vietnam War.

One of the first major discoveries in the era of the firearm was the invention of gunpowder itself. Another major shift came with the invention of the flintlock mechanism, which essentially ...

Canadian soldiers were among the most ruthless on the battlefield during World War I, especially when it came to facing the Germans.

The USSR's Duga Radar system was designed to serve as an early warning system against Intercontinental ballistic missiles. It was dubbed the "Woodpecker." ...

During World War II, the Japanese imprisoned American and British citizens living in the Philippines in internment camps.

A new exhibition opened recently in the German city of Bielefeld, showing the dark underbelly of the famed Hitler Youth Movement. Using recorded testimonials, books, films, posters and other ...

The Marine Corps is one of the most elite branches of the US military, and the following movies show what makes its members so impressive.

The very first voice, heard by male pilots, was that of singer and actress Joan Elms. Almost immediately, pilots started referring to the automated voice system as “Sexy Sally.” The system was ...

Hollywood tends to miss the mark when it comes to well-researched war movies, but these 11 films are some of the best to feature the Navy!