The Leopard I was one of the most iconic tanks of the Cold War, with numerous variants developed for service outside of Europe. One was the AS1, which served with the Australian Army for some three ...

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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 ...

The Gulf War of 1991 saw “smart weapons” play a key role in ensuring victory for the coalition forces. Missiles could now “think” and navigate effectively to their targets with the aid of GPS ...

Canadian soldiers were among the most ruthless on the battlefield during World War I, especially when it came to facing the Germans.

A napalm strike erupts in a fireball near U.S. troops on patrol in South Vietnam, 1966 during the Vietnam War.

Operation Ranch Hand was an American campaign against the North Vietnamese that involved spraying the land with dangerous herbicides.

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II experienced its first flight in December 2006, and it has since become an integral part of the US military. The US Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy all fly the ...

Saving Private Ryan was noted for its recreation of the Omaha Beach landings. The film definitely provided a glimpse of the hell on earth that was unleashed on D-Day, but it also brought back some ...

To get messages to the French Resistance, the BBC would broadcast coded messages, which were intended to go over the Germans' heads.

Dwight D. Eisenhower viewed firsthand the crimes that were committed by the Germans at concentration camps when he visited the newly-liberated Ohrdruf during the Second World War. The sights were so ...

Everyone has heard of Bayer, the pharmaceutical company that runs aspirin commercials on television. Not everyone knows, however, of Bayer's dark past.