World War 2 | War History

Japan’s Dr. Mengele: Medical Experiments on POW’s at Unit 731

The main site of Japan’s experiments into biological warfare was the prisoner of war camp known as Unit 731 located in Pingfan, Manchuria, where Chinese…

Saving Private Ryan turns 20 and Goes 4K

It has been a while since I last watched Saving Private Ryan but now that Universal Pictures has released the epic war movie in 4K…

Fighter Factory: 11 Grumman Combat Planes

Across the course of the 20th century, the Grumman company provided the United States Navy with some of its most successful fighter planes. FF-1 Grumman’s…

Was Hugo Boss Hitler’s Tailor?

Not long ago at a function arranged by GQ magazine and sponsored by Hugo Boss, British comedian Russell Brand goose-stepped onto the stage and told…

Dust Means Death: Behind the Front Lines After D-Day

Following the D-Day landings of June 1944, the Allies poured troops into Normandy. By the 25th of July, they had 1,450,000 soldiers ashore in France,…

“Destroyer of Beasts” – the ISU-152

Object 241 or ISU-152 was a Soviet heavy self-propelled artillery vehicle during the Second World War. The designation “ISU” stands for self-propelled installation, created on…

Edokko: Touching Story of Jewish Refugee in WWII Japan

A memoir from a New York Man Who Grew Up a Jewish Refugee in World War II Japan and Worked with the US Military as…

Forgotten Meat Grinder: The Battle of Hurtgen Forest WWII

It was some of the most brutal fighting of the Second World War, a grinding battle in which thousands of American and German lives were…

The Best Gun of WWII – Flak 88 in photos

The Flak 88 was a legendary WWII-era anti-air and an anti-tank gun used by Nazi Germany and their allies. The predecessor of this iconic gun…

Unique Cache of Antique Weapons Discovered in Canal

This is the astonishing moment a cache of guns was pulled out of a canal by a family of magnet-fishers. The Price family couldn’t believe…

British Commando and WWII Hero Laid to Rest

On July 18, 2018, England’s Patrick Churchill, age 94, was honored at a funeral held at St. Mary The Virgin Church in Witney, Oxfordshire.  Churchill,…

Voices of the Flemish Waffen-SS – The Final Testament of the Oostfronters

What motivated men to fight for an enemy that had invaded their own country? These are last voices of the Flemish Waffen-SS; there are very…