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For the first time, the names of 425,000 individuals who collaborated with the Germans during the occupation of the Netherlands in World War II have been made available online. The names were ...

The Breda Modello 30 was developed in the late 1920s, at a time when Italy was looking to modernize its military arsenal. It was designed by arms manufacturer Breda Meccanica Bresciana, with the aim ...

Everyone is familiar with the US military’s Ghost Army, artists and architects whose sole job was to deceive the Germans during the Second World War. Their exploits are legendary, as are those of a ...

The FN FAL is a legendary Cold War-era weapon. The 7.62 x 51 mm NATO-caliber rifle is famed for its reliability and versatility, serving in diverse combat environments across many countries. With a ...

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 ...

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 “Flogger” is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft designed for the Soviet Union in the 1960s. It was introduced in the 1970s, with 5,047 units built, making it the most ...

McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 2012. (Photo Credit: Gunnery Sgt. Chad R. Kiehl / DVIDS / US Marine Corps / ...

Let’s dive into something that’s been bugging many for decades: how did old fighter aircraft shoot at the enemy without blasting their own propellers into oblivion? Picture this: the early 20th ...

Fact and fiction are blended seamlessly in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001), which can sometimes make it hard to determine what really happened and what was embellished. While the majority ...

Zone Rouge – or the “Red Zone” – is a chain of former battlefields across northeastern France that the government has cordoned off due to the many dangerous ordnance that remains from the First World ...