Category: Weapons and Technology
Unknown Soldiers – How Black Barrage Balloon Troops Kept the D-Day Beaches Safe
“Despite their achievements, the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion is largely absent from the D-Day story.” By Linda Hervieux IN THE FALL of 1942, thousands of young American men descended onto a peaceful corner of northwestern Tennessee,…
The Fokker Scourge – How Germany Used the First Purpose-Built Fighter Plane to Win the Air War in 1915
“In late July of 1915, British pilots and observers were reporting encounters with a strange new German monoplane that seemed engineered specifically to destroy airplanes: the Fokker Eindecker.” By Mike Peters ONE HUNDRED YEARS ago…
Sea Wolves Unleashed – Inside Germany’s First U-Boat War
“Ironically, it was Kaiser Wilhelm II who had second thoughts about attacking neutral shipping. The 55-year-old German emperor considered the drowning of innocent civilians ‘a dreadful thought.’” By Mike Peters AT THE OUTBREAK of World…
What’s Up, ‘Doc’? – Fundraiser Aims to Return WW2 B-29 to the Skies
“Cash raised will cover the cost of getting the four-engine bomber into the air.” FIFI, THE WORLD’S only airworthy Boeing B-29 bomber, may soon be getting some company if a Kansas-based Kickstarter funding campaign reaches its target….
Panzerschreck — Five Amazing Facts About the German Bazooka
“Under ideal conditions, Panzerschrecks were enormously effective. A single shot could usually knock out an enemy tank.” By GermanWarMachine.com THE PANZERSCHRECK OR “tank fright” was a German-built hand-held anti-tank weapon that made life uncomfortable for Allied tank…
Climb Inside a Warbird – Free Web-Based App Offers Virtual Access to Historic Aircraft
“With a few mouse clicks, users can check out the flight decks, gun turrets and bomb bays of some of history’s most famous aircraft.” TOUR GUIDES AT the National Museum of the United States Air Force say that…
