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DUKW (or ‘Duck’) amphibious truck, outfitted with an extension ladder to scale cliffs in northern France and then rain down suppressive fire on the German defenders.
News & Features

Army Rangers Used Gun-Toting Fire Engine Ladders To Assault Cliffs On D-Day

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jan 24, 2025

A 'conundrum' being moved into position in anticipation of Operation PLUTO
News & Features

The Underwater Pipelines That Supplied Fuel For The Allied Invasion Of Normandy

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Aug 15, 2024

Piggyback bomber at a Nazi airfield In WWII.
Air

Recalling The Nazis’ Bizarre Piggyback Bombers 80 Years After They Went To War

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 30, 2024

US President Joe Biden delivers a speech during the US ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, which overlooks Omaha Beach in northwestern France, on June 6, 2024. The D-Day ceremonies on June 6 this year mark the 80th anniversary since the launch of 'Operation Overlord', a vast military operation by Allied forces in Normandy, which turned the tide of World War II, eventually leading to the liberation of occupied France and the end of the war against Nazi Germany. (Photo by Daniel Cole / POOL / AFP)
News & Features

Biden Draws Parallels Between Ukraine’s Fight And World War II In D-Day Anniversary Address

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jun 7, 2024

Growing Hi-power in Canada
News & Features

Canadian Military’s WWII-Era Browning Hi-Power Pistols Are Finally Being Replaced

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Apr 25, 2024

World War II deception unit the "Ghost Army"
News & Features

The Work Of This Clandestine Army Unit That Used Guile To Fight The Nazis Is Highly Relevant Again

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Apr 4, 2024

WWII-era battleship USS New Jersey pictured on the Delaware River for scheduled maintenance
Sea

Battleship New Jersey Leaves Her Pier For First Time In Over 30 Years

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Mar 21, 2024

World war two aircraft: B-17G Fortresses of the 381st Bomb Group in flight, Summer 1944.
Air

This Is What It Took To Defend A B-17 Bomber

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 31, 2024

Masters Of The Air aerial sequences are amazing
News & Features

Masters Of The Air’s Aerial Sequences Are Terrifying, Game Changing

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 27, 2024

WWII U-boats pictured amid the ruins of the Elbe II U-boat shelter
News & Features

How Entombed U-boats Were Re-discovered Decades After WWII

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jan 17, 2024

The diesel-hydraulic/diesel-electric submarine USS Salmon at sea
News & Features

The Extraordinary Tale Of USS Salmon’s Escape From Destruction

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Dec 1, 2023

Tustin, CA - November 07: Firefighters work to control a blaze at the north blimp hangar at the former Marine Corps Air Station Tustin in Tustin, CA, on Tuesday, November 7, 2023.
News & Features

Giant WWII Airship Hangar Decimated By Raging Fire

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Nov 7, 2023

Mosquito BOAC WWII nuclear
Air

The Nuclear Scientist And The Warplane That Became Britain’s Most Unlikely Airliner

By Rowland White

Posted on Oct 13, 2023

Yellow Submarine discotech
News & Features

The Bizarre Backstory Of Croatia’s Yellow Submarine Nightclub

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 5, 2023

Douglas Skypirate
Air

The Colossal Skypirate Was A Beast Of A Carrier Aircraft Design

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jul 31, 2023

Lancaster bomber over the German city of Hamburg
News & Features

Horror Of ‘Firestorm’ Introduced By Europe’s Deadliest Bombing Raid 80 Years Ago

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 27, 2023