Mosquito Bombern- Operation Jericho
On February 18, 1944, Royal Air Force pilots were unexpectedly woken up early in the morning and rushed to a briefing room. Minutes later, the menRead More…
Category: History
Grumman F8F Bearcat
The Grumman F8F Bearcat was an American single-engine carrier-based fighter aircraft that arrived too late to participate in World War II.Still, it waRead More…
The World’s largest Submarine before WW2 – The French Submarine Surcouf
After being taken and subsequently returned by the British in 1940 and completing several missions in the Atlantic, the French Surcouf submarine and iRead More…
Yak-15 – The Soviet Union’s Weird Turbojet Fighter Conversion
As Germany was inevitably losing its grip during the last stages of World War 2, it was also in the midst of developing the turbojet, a leading-edge tRead More…
M18 Hellcat – The Tank Hunter of World War 2
Possessing all the characteristics of a tank, however, the M18 Hellcat was still classified as a tank destroyer. The Hellcat M18 weighed about 18.7 toRead More…
SMITH & WESSON M76: THE US MILITARY’S FORGOTTEN SUBMACHINE
Smith & Wesson M76, a 4 Minute History of a Failed Submachine GunRead More…
Tacit Blue
The Northrop Tacit Blue was often overshadowed by its predecessor, the Lockheed Have Blue stealth demonstrator, but in reality it was one of the most Read More…
Northrop A-17 – An Important Stepping Stone For More Advanced Aircraft in WW2
First introduced in 1935, the Northrop A-17’s fate was quickly brought to an end in 1938 when the Army Air Corps determined that all future attack airRead More…
Convair XF-92
The Convair XF-92 was one of the first aircraft built with the delta wing and inspired some of the most important aircraft in history. Still, test pilRead More…
Kursk Submarine Disaster
On the morning of August 12, 2000, during the Russian Navy’s Summer-X naval exercise in the Barents Sea, the so-called unsinkable Oscar II-class KurRead More…
de Havilland Sea Vixen
The de Havilland Sea Vixen was the first British two-seat fighter to ever break the sound barrier.Known initially as DH 110, it was one of de HavillanRead More…
WW2 Dictators’ Planes
WW2 dictators all had luxurious personal planes. In this video we examine the planes used by Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini and Chiang Kai-shek, plus severRead More…
The Only Submarine Ever Captured by an Airplane
To counter the Royal Navy’s oceanic supremacy during the first months of World War 2, Adolf Hitler ordered his Kriegsmarine to deploy its feared U-bRead More…
Ahead Of Its Time: Mach 3 XB-70 Valkyrie Super Bomber
Flying at 70,000 feet above the world at three times the speed of sound floats the future of combat – so much so that the US air force called it the lRead More…
