The History Behind One Of WW2s Most Famous Motorcycles: The BMW R75 _us
BMW has been around for over a century. The company has long since established itself as one of the most influential entities in just about every corner of the automotive industry, though some people may not realize that it’s been…
22 Images That Show the Many Faces of World War II _us
Society had never before experienced a conflict quite like the Second World War. While the Great War was the first to bring together the world’s power in armed engagements, World War II was on a much-larger scale, as shown by…
1,700 Rounds Per Minute: The MG34 Was Hitler’s Super Gun _us
The MG 34 design originated in Germany during the interwar period preceding both world wars. Up until World War II, machine guns had typically been water-cooled—and correspondingly heavy and immobile. Efforts to build an air-cooled machine gun design produced the…
Terror Of The Sea: Why The German Bismarck Was One Of The Most Feared Battleships In History _us
While German U-Boats are the most deadly component of the Third Reich’s naval arsenal, it had a sizeable fleet of battleships as well. The United States even used a surrendered German battleship, the Prinz Eugen, in early nuclear tests. While…
StuG III- The Most Produced Armored Assault Vehicle Of Nazi Germany _us
The Sturmgeschütz III was most definitely one of the most iconic tank destroyers of WWII. Contributing to the cult status of StuG was the fact that it was the most produced armored fighting vehicle of Nazi Germany. Based on a…
Arbeitsloser Vater mit Gesichtstattoo bettelt um Job
In dieser erstaunlichen Geschichte über die Macht der sozialen Medien steht Mark Cropp, ein junger Mann aus Neuseeland, an einem Scheideweg, nachdem er eine zweijährige und dreimonatige Haftstrafe wegen eines verpatzten Drogendeals verbüßt hatte. Während seiner Zeit hinter Gittern traf…
Marching to Glory: British Soldiers of the Past – Part 1 _uk
British Soldiers of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry resting next to a Sherman tank of 3rd Royal Tank Regiment in Normandy – August 15, 1944 IWM – Laing (Sgt) Photographer IWM B 9187 British Soldiers check out a knocked-out German…
SU-152: From Assault Gun to Tank Destroyer _us
Work on Soviet SPGs assigned at the plenum of the Artillery Committee held on April 14-15th reached their logical conclusion by the end of 1942. The light SPG concept turned into the SU-12, designed by factory #38’s design bureau and…
37mm M1939 (61-K) 37mm Towed Anti-Aircraft (AA) Gun System _uk
he 37 mm Automatic Air Defense Gun M1939 (61-K) was a Soviet anti-aircraft gun used extensively during World War II and proved very successful against targets like German dive-bombers and low flying aircraft. Designed in 1939, it was based on the Swedish…
A German anti-aircraft gun crew keep watch in the snow covered hills near Monte Cassino, Italy, 1943… 👉View the full set of photos and the detailed story in the comments below⤵️👇
Many thanks go to Doug Banks and his team – the masters of colorization. The beauty of these colorized images is that color allows you to pick out and study the smallest detail. These are sights that our forefathers would…