The Tank Museum chose to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day in a special way – by taking a Churchill Mark III back to its ...

After months of fundraising, The Tank Museum has officially reached its monetary target to restore its M47 Patton. Thanks to ...

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It’s been 80 years since the tiny island of Guernsey was released from German occupation. Its annual Liberation Day parade ...

William Goines was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1936, with his family eventually relocating to Lockland, a suburb of Cincinnati. The elder Goines worked several jobs to support them, largely in the ...

Germany thought up several strategies to increase its chances of winning World War II, including the breeding of potato bugs to decimate enemy crops and agricultural resources. Arguably the most ...

Under the direct control of Frederick William I during his reign was a military regiment filled with giant soldiers. Officially they were called “The Grand Grenadiers of Potsdam,” but they would ...

To many, Bob Denard may not be a familiar name. However, those with knowledge of 20th-century mercenary activity know him as the Frenchman who staged numerous coups within the African nation of ...

The First World War introduced many new weapons to the world of warfare. The first global mechanized war saw the first use of tanks and combat airplanes, but it’s less well known that the first ...

Over time, there have been some odd vehicles seen on battlefields, but few were as eye-catching as the Type B Bus “Pigeon Loft.” The Allied forces prominently used the vehicles during World War I.