The Rarest World War Two Planes You've Never Heard Of

Are These the Rarest Vehicles of World War Two?' In their latest challenge video, Luke Tomes and Louee Dessent attempt to track down the greatest monster vehicle of World War Two at Armour & Embarkation 2022, an immersive historic event which brings together dozens of original vehicles from the Second World War. In June 1944, the sleepy country lanes of Dorset were awakened by the deafening noise of men and machinery as the Allies prepared for their invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe. Not only hundreds of thousands of men, but also tens of thousands of vehicles would need to be shipped across the channel to Normandy. In this video, History Hit presenters Luke Tomes and Louee Dessent travel to the south coast of England, where roughly 70 to 80 genuine World War Two vehicles (including jeeps, motorcycles, trucks, halftracks, wreckers, armoured vehicles and even Sherman tanks) would, perhaps for the last time, be heading in convoy from Broadmayne village though the leafy back roads of Dorset, passing by the world famous Bovington Tank Museum for a static display and demonstration runs

A full series of History Hit the original video platform exclusive videos on the rarest vehicles of the Second World War. From halftracks and battle cruisers to bombers and gyroplanes, join presenters Luke Tomes, Louee Dessent and James Rogers as they discover the extraordinary vehicles of World War Two. In episode one, Luke and Louee attempt to track down the greatest monster vehicle of World War Two at Armour & Embarkation 2022, an immersive historic event which brings together dozens of original vehicles from the Second World War. The team's challenge was to find some of the biggest, rarest and most impressive vehicles of the Second World War. Among the contenders were the M26 Pacific Dragon Wagon, the M4 High Speed Tractor, the Lloyd Carrier and the Mack NO 7½-ton 6x6 truck pulling a "Long Tom". Military historian James Rogers then dives into the story of one of the world’s best known warships, HMS Belfast. The ship's service in the Royal Navy extended from the beginning of the Second World War to the height of the Cold War, during which

What was life like for a soldier during the American War of Independence? For a special 250th anniversary compilation series, join Luke Tomes, Louee Dessent, and Dan Snow as they explore what the battlefield experience was like for soldiers in the American Revolutionary War as the Continental Army, led by George Washington took the fight to British crown forces to take back the colonies! Whilst Luke is recruited into the 33rd Regiment of Foot, a proud military unit commanded by Lord Charles Cornwallis that took part in almost all major campaigns of the war, Louee enlists in George Washington’s Continental Army, joining the 6th Virginia Regiment to face the redcoats on the battlefield. History Hit then follows Dan Snow to South Carolina to uncover the story of the 1780 Battle of Camden, where remarkable archaeological discoveries, including the remains of 14 soldiers, shed new light on the American Revolution as they are honoured in a moving battlefield memorial. You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive

A full series of History Hit the original video platform exclusive videos on the most fascinating megastructures of the Second World War. Join presenters Dan Snow and James Rogers as they travel across Europe to discover the monumental physical remains of World War Two. In episode one, James heads to Normandy to explore shipwrecks left over from the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940. He then sees the huge bunkers of Hitler's Atlantic Wall on a stretch of coastline in Denmark, entering the ruins to see German graffiti and other evidence of the soldiers' daily lives. Dan Snow then lands in the Channel Islands, exploring the warren of World War Two defences built by the Wehrmacht on Alderney. The concrete bunkers and tunnels even incorporate earlier defences built during the Napoleonic Wars. James then visits one of the most impressive underground fortresses in the world, Eben-Emael in Belgium. This impressive subterranean megastructure was built to prevent a land invasion, but was captured in one of the first attacks by German paratroopers. Moving forward to D-Day and Operation Overlord, James views the surviving

Join Historian Dan Snow as he answers the most googled questions about the American War of Independence: You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.

Dan Snow investigates the world-changing events of April 19th 1775. On April 19th 1775, the first muskets were fired in the American War of Independence - the famous "shot heard round the world". In this special History Hit film, Dan Snow explores the key sites where it happened on this day - Battle Green, Lexington; The Old North Bridge, Concord; and the Battle Road that saw the British redcoats fight their way back to Boston under constant attack from provincial militia. Dan meets the archaeologists and military historians who are unearthing fascinating new evidence revealing exactly what happened, uncovering musket balls untouched since they were fired, working out where and how some of the famous firefights occurred, discovering battle damage in historic houses and making comparisons with detailed tests on the firing range. As dusk fell on April 19th an uneasy peace had turned into all-out war - find out how it happened as experts unravel the momentous events of a day that changed world history. You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video