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Despite Suffered From A Steering Problem, The Beast (Jagdpanther) Starts Up And Drives Some Meters

This Jagdpanther, coming from The Weald Foundation was presented as a substitute for the usual Tiger 131 at the Tankfest 2017, which stayed inside the museum because of the Tiger Exibition. Unfortunately suffered from a steering problem and did not participate to the show. Nevertheless, I manage...read more

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 HQ Batallón) June 21, 2017

How Germans Turned Trains Into Massive Artillery in WWII - One Of The Two Surviving Guns

Railway guns like the German WWII K5 gun had a very narrow aim. To get around that problem, Germans developed a circular track, allowing the gun to rotate and fire in 360 degrees.

A K5(E) is preserved at the United States Army Ordnance Museum in Fort Lee (Petersburg, Virginia). Leopold...read more

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When Isolated French Bunkers Delayed The Meuse River Crossing by 1st Panzer Division

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As main part of the Manstein Plan or Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), you know the German Army Group A goal was crossing the Meuse river with the intention of capturing Sedan and pushing northwards towards the Channel coast, in order to entrap the Allied forces that were...read more

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Walkaround The Only Panzerjäger I Still Surviving: The First German Tank Destroyer

The 4.7 cm PaK(t) (Sf) auf Panzerkampfwagen I ohne Turm, translating as "4.7 cm anti-tank gun (Czech) on turretless Pz.Kpfw. I was the first of its kind of tank destroyers in the war. 

It mounted a Czech Škoda 4.7 cm (1.9 in) cm Pak (t) anti-tank gun on a converted Panzer I Ausf. B...read more

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The Battle of Hannut: The First Real Tank Battle of Second World War

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This tank battle, happened between 12 and 14 May 1940 at Hannut in Belgium, contributed decisively to the success of the German operational plan Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), by General Erich von Manstein. The primary purpose of the Germans was to tie down the strongest...read more

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The Jersey Brothers

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In this episode we’re looking at three brothers all in the US Navy at the start of the war, and their remarkable story. 

Angus is joined by Sally Mott Freeman, her book “The Jersey Brothers: A Missing Naval Officer in the Pacific...read more

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Amazing discovery! Wreck of WW2 Italian destroyer found under the Mediterranean Sea waters

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A new discovery has been done by Paul G. Allen and his research team on boarding of R/V Petrel, his new research vessel outfitted with the latest deep sea exploration technology. It's the wreckage of the Italian destroyer: Artigliere RM. The Italian government was...read more

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Yes! The First ever Documentary of the D-Day Landings

Four reels discovered by researchers at the Eisenhower Library in 2014, were found to contain the first ever documentary of the D-Day landings. Intended as an initial report and produced in only days, the film was screened for military leadership and is mentioned in OSS reports as having been...read more

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American Ingenuity: German Drop Tanks Being Mated to the Underwing Pylon of a P-47

US Troops made good use of large caches of abandoned German drop tanks as Ninth Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt fighter units moved into France in 1944, occupying airfields once used by the Luftwaffe. Empty they must weigh all of 25 pounds!

External drop tanks turned the Republic P-47...read more

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Restored and Seaworthy PT-305: The Only Combat Veteran, Witness of Two Invasions

PT-305 is a torpedo-armed fast attack craft used by Allied Navy in World War II. It's one of two fully restored and operational PT boats (and the only combat veteran). PT-305 ("Half Hitch", "Barfly", "USS Sudden Jerk") is a Higgins 78-foot (24 m) boat, that sank three enemy ships and took part...read more

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