Skyfire Command

Germans Were Terrified When They Found Soviet T-34s Could Drive Through 6 Feet of Snow

The $300 Proximity Fuse vs The $8,000 German Flak Gun—27x Cheaper, Shot Down 4x More Planes

How One Machinist's "Illegal" Bore Cut Made Bazooka Penetrate 5 Inches Steel—Panzerfaust Only Got 3

German Tankers Discovered Sherman Crews Got 300 Hours Training—Panzer Crews Got 80 After 1943

Luftwaffe Aces Mocked B-24's "Clumsy" Size—Until It Carried 8,000 Pounds Further Than Any Bomber

How One Rigger's Hydraulic Tweak Made P-47 Pilots Bail Out in 4 Seconds—Germans Needed 12

Japanese Pilots Terrified When SB2C Helldiver Carried 2,000 Pounds Bombs—Vals Could Only Carry 550

German Spies Counted 8 US Carriers In 1943—Then Found 24 Essex-Class Hulls Under Construction

How One Armorer's "Insane" 27-Link Belt Made B-17 Gunners Fire 90 Seconds Longer—Downed 40 Fighters

SS Officers Were Terrified When They Found Each US Armored Division Moves 50 Miles Daily vs Their 15

How One Mechanic's "Insane" Turbo Trick Made F6F Hellcats Outclimb Zeros by 1,000 Feet Per Minute

Luftwaffe Pilot Studied Downed B-17 for 6 Hours — Then Reported: “This Is a Flying Fortress.”

How One Factory Girl's "Reckless" Jig Made Thompson Submachine Guns Assemble in 90 Seconds

The "Fragile" M1 Garand That Let One Rifleman Fire 96 Aimed Shots While Germans Reloaded 12 Times

Panzer Commander Test-Drove Captured M18 Hellcat — Then Wrote "55 MPH Makes Panzers Obsolete"

Japanese Zero Pilot Discovered American Thach Weave — Lost 3 Aces in Single Engagement

"They Let Us Keep Our Medals?" — German POWs Broke Down at American Honor Code

Luftwaffe Called B-17 Formation "Suicide" — Until 12,731 Missions Destroyed 500 German Factories

Germans Thought Proximity Fuses Were Impossible — Then 90% Of V-1s Were Destroyed Mid-Flight

How One Electrician's "Forbidden" Radar Mod Made Night Fighters Track Bf-110s 15 Miles Away

Germans Estimated 850 American Tanks In France — Then Faced 6,000 And Abandoned Counterattack

How One Welder's "Illegal" Armor Angle Made M10 Tank Destroyers Deflect 75mm Shells At 400 Yards

Why 850 Rangers Let Germans "Trap" Them At Pointe du Hoc — And Neutralized 155mm Guns In 2 Days

Japanese Built 63 Submarines In 4 Years — America Built 228 And Sank 1,178 Japanese Ships

How One Mechanic's "Crazy" Supercharger Trick Made F6F Hellcats Climb 4,000 Feet Per Minute

Luftwaffe Pilots Flew a Captured P-51 — Called It "Impossible to Outmaneuver"

Why American Tankers Started Using "Forbidden" White Phosphorus — And Cleared 300 Bunkers

How One Mechanic's "Banned" Coolant Mix Made Allisons Run 50°F Cooler At Combat Power

German Tankers Captured Sherman Engine — Refused to Believe It Ran 1,000 Miles Without Service

Germans Called American Paratroopers "Untrained" — Then 101st Held Bastogne For 7 Days Alone