TANKFEST 2025 is only a few days away, and the most anticipated guest at this year’s event has arrived at the Tank Museum.

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The design of Pigeon Lofts changed over the course of the war. The Pigeon Loft was never intended to be used on the battlefield. Once the conflict started, the vehicles were moved from the streets of ...

Left: US bombers dropping bombs on North Vietnam during Operation Rolling Thunder. Right: The French Naval Air Force drops napalm over Viet Minh guerrilla positions during an ambush (December 1953).

Project Stargate sounds like something out of this world – and it kind of is. No, it doesn’t refer to wormholes or the exploration of other planets, but, instead, a Central Intelligence Agency ...

Whenever troops are severely injured in battle, they’re extracted and airlifted to the nearest medical facility by MEDEVAC teams. These units, conducting “Dustoff” flights, as they were called, saved ...

Page from the Primary Chronicle, which depicts Oleg the Wise’s campaign against Constantinople.(Photo Credit: Unknown / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) The early years of Igor I of Kiev’s reign are ...

Under the direct control of Frederick William I during his reign was a military regiment filled with giant soldiers. Officially they were called “The Grand Grenadiers of Potsdam,” but they would ...

Falling under German control during the Second World War, Houska Castle became a topic of intrigue and speculation. Rumors abound regarding the regime’s motives, with some suggesting their presence ...

Julia Child’s first major project came when the OSS began to research shark repellent. In 1942, shark attacks were not common at all. In fact, only 20 shark attacks had taken place in less than three ...

Various celebrities, including Judy Garland, attending the preview of the Treasury Department’s Back the Attack show, 1943. (Photo Credit: Bettmann / Getty Images) Judy Garland actively sold war bonds ...

The 1957 historical epic The Bridge on the River Kwai has long been regarded as one of the greatest war films ever made. Based on the horrific true story of the Burma Railway, the movie sheds light on ...