In the early hours after the world changed on September 11, 2001, a new kind of war quietly began to take shape. It would not be fought with massive armored …
No Pilot. No Cockpit. No Warning — How The CIA’s Drone War Rewrote The Rules Of Targeted Killing Read More
March 25th, 2003, the sun rose over the southern Iraqi desert, casting long shadows across the barren landscape as British Challenger 2 tanks from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards advanced …
Iraqi Gunners Laughed at Challenger 2 Armor… Until APFSDS Went Through 3 T-72s at 5,200m Read More
August 8th, 1944. 12th Army Group headquarters, Laval, France. The morning sun filters through the canvas of a command tent where General Omar Bradley sits at a folding desk reviewing …
“Why Bradley Couldn’t Stop Patton After He Took 3 Cities in 72 Hours – France 1944” DD Read More
Military vehicles, especially rare or obscure ones, have long fascinated historians and enthusiasts alike. While many such vehicles are well documented, from time to time, information or photographs of …
Yugoslav Partisans (1944-1945?) Fake Self-Propelled Artillery Read More
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. …
1,700 Rounds Per Minute: The MG34 Was Hitler’s Super Gun Read More
“Everything about it was over-engineered (to an almost absurd degree)… but in the hands of an expert commander a lone Tiger could knock out dozens of enemy machines in a …
Ferocious Beast — Six Little-Known Facts About the Tiger Tank Read More
September 1940. Somewhere over occupied France, a lone aircraft crosses the channel at just 500 ft. So low the pilot can see moonlight reflecting off the rivers below. His destination …
The ‘Useless’ British Aircraft That Let SOE Agents Vanish Behind Enemy Lines Read More
A Guide to Overcoming Medical and Financial Challenges in the Sometimes Overwhelming Journey from Enlisted to Airline (E2A) Avgeekery is proud to partner with Erik Sabiston to share a series …
Enlisted to Airline: Overcoming Medical and Money Challenges Read More
December 16th, 1944. German forces smashed through American lines in the Arden Forest. Within 48 hours, entire divisions were surrounded or routed. Nearly 90,000 American casualties would follow. The largest …
The General Who Could Have Prevented the Bulge – Why Eisenhower Stopped Jacob Devers Read More
The capture of U-505 by the US Navy was one of the most secretive events of the Second World War. While on patrol off the coast of Africa, she was spotted by …
The Capture of U-505 Helped America Crack the Kriegsmarine’s Ultra-Secretive Code Read More