It was early on a quiet morning on June the 10th, 1944. The sun is rising slowly over an airfield near Fogia in Italy. Forty six P-38 Lightnings of the “82nd Fighter Group” (95th, 96th, and 97th Squadrons) are preparing for for an attack against Oil facilities in Ploesti, Romania, 600 miles away.

If you're at E3, come check out War Thunder on Alienware's new console, Alpha!

We invite you to take part in a most unusual contest -  a contest  for the best user created mission in War Thunder! All that you need is the War Thunder CDK, bright ideas and to implement them into a game mission. You can share it with the other players and also have a chance to get a reward from the developers!

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June 8th saw the birth of two Soviet aviation giants, Nikolai Polikarpov and Ivan Kozhedub. The former designed the legendary Soviet fighters of the 1930s and the latter became their most successful fighter ace.

The War Thunder channel has recently surpassed the amazing number of 100.000 players and fans subscribing to our content being published regularly on YouTube. On behalf of the entire War Thunder development team, we want to say a heartfelt Thank you!

Gaijin Entertainmentannounced today that it will be showing off critically acclaimed War Thunderat E3 in majestic cross platform gameplay between the most hardcore players on the planet

The latest PS4 Update receives a warm welcome from Players and Gaming Press alike! - Recently, War Thunder has become one of the first cross platform games to be introduced on the PlayStation®4. This has instigated play between gamers on the PlayStation®4  and the already established PC/Mac  version of the game. It was done in conjunction with the US release of War Thunder on PS®4, which also brought Update 1.41 and Ground Forces along with other major improvements to the console.

The Morning of the 6th of June, 1944:

Thousands of Allied troops began landing on the beaches of Normandy in northern France at the start of a major offensive against the Germans. Thousands of paratroops and glider-borne troops were also dropped behind enemy lines and the Allies were already several miles inland.

Bushido, a modern term rather than a historical one, originates from the samurai moral values, most commonly stressing some combination of frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery, and honor unto death.

Kaneyoshi Muto (June 1916 – 24th July 1945) was a Japanese naval pilot and ace known for his superb skill in fighter aircraft. Fellow ace Saburō Sakai (famous author and pilot) called him "a genius in the air."   

Gaijin Entertainment is pleased to announce today that War Thunder Update 1.41 is released for PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system  in Europe and available for download via the PlayStation®Network (PSN)!

Taking its name from lying roughly at the midpoint between Asia and North American, Midway Island was of great strategic significance as a staging area for military forces.

Simulator mode changes will affect air and ground battles, Events and squadron battles. Learn the details now!

Attention! Today, 4th of June, from 17:00 GMT you will have the opportunity to watch the Battle of the strongest squadrons in live Super Final.

War Thunder is now available to download from the PlayStation®Store in North America!