When 5 German Panthers Attacked — This Sherman Gunner’s 5 Shots Destroyed Them All
At 1427 on June 14th, 1944, Sergeant Gordon Harris crouched inside his Sherman Firefly at the eastern edge of Lingra’s Normandy, watching five German Panther tanks advance…
German Pilots Laughed at This “Useless” P-47 — Until It Destroyed 39 Fighters in One Month
At 0700 on October 4th, 1943, Colonel Hubert Zmpy stood on the hard stand at RAF Hailworth watching mechanics fuel 52 Republic P47 Thunderbolts for a bomber…
Japanese Couldn’t Stop This Marine With a Two-Man Weapon — Until 16 Bunkers Fell in 30 Minutes
At 0900 on February 26th, 1945, Private First Class Douglas Jacobson crouched behind volcanic rock on the western slope of Hill 382, watching the bazooka team ahead…
They Mocked His “Backwards” Loading Method — Until His Sherman Destroyed 4 Panzers in 6 Minutes
At 11:23 a.m. on September 19th, 1944, Private First Class Walter Kowalsski crouched inside his M4 Sherman tank near Araort, France with three German Panzer 4 tanks…
Japanese Couldn’t Believe One “Tiny” Destroyer Annihilated 6 Submarines in 12 Days — Shocked Navy
At 0150 on May 19th, 1944, Lieutenant Commander Walton Pendleton stood in the cramped combat information center of USS England, watching his sonar operator track a contact…
This B-17 Gunner Fell 4 Miles With No Parachute — And Kept Shooting at German Fighters
At 11:47 a.m. on November 29th, 1943, Staff Sergeant Eugene Moran crouched inside the tail section of B17F Ricky Tickabi as German Flack tore through the fuselage…
Inside Higgins Factories: How 20,000 Louisiana Workers Built 23,000 Landing Crafts — Won D-Day…
At 6:47 a.m. on June 6th, 1944, the first wave of landing crafts hit Omaha Beach. Steel ramps dropped. Men ran forward into German machine gun fire….
Japan Stunned by America’s Floating Machine Shops, Carriers Repaired Faster Than Japan Could Damage…
The morning of October 15th, 1944, aboard the Japanese submarine I368, Lieutenant Commander Yukio raised his periscope through the waters of Uli atal. What he observed would…
What Japanese Admirals Said When They Realized Midway Was an Ambush…
June 4th, 1942. Vice Admiral Tuichi Nagumo stood on the bridge of the carrier Akagi, watching his aircraft return from their strike on Midway Island. Behind him,…
The $28 Rifle That Outfought Every Springfield America Ever Issued…
November 11th, 1917. Somewhere near Verdun, France, an American doughboy clutches a rifle that isn’t supposed to be in his hands. Not the Springfield M1903 he trained…