Last Surviving Officer of the USS Arizona Passes Away at 100
The last surviving officer of the USS Arizona has passed away Joe Langdell was renowned for his life-stories. His life had been an adventurous one,…
Protests Force Rechristening of Nazi War Criminal Named Ship
Want to cause a disturbance? Name a ship after a Nazi and land it where there is a large Jewish populace The Dutch are known for…
Battle of Waterloo Bicentenary Event to Include Scots Greys
A Battle of Waterloo bicentenary commemoration event will take place this summer in Belgium. The commemoration will be a re-enactment of the battle, with more…
The “Glorious Glosters” Greatest Battle – When 650 Glosters were up against 10.000 Chinese
Unique in all the British Army, the “Glorious Glosters” wear badges on the front and the rear of their berets. This right was earned in…
The Fishing Trawler ‘Viola’ that Fought in World War One
She was named for Shakespeare’s deceptive protagonist in The Twelfth Night, and she proved that looks can be deceiving when it comes to fishing trawlers…
British commandos in X-Craft Submarines Showed D-Day Troops the Way
A secret World War Two mission has been revealed in which ten British commandos manning tiny X-craft submarines guided the massive D-Day offensive. Ten commandos…
World War One Captain Returned to Prisoner of War Camp of Own Accord
During World War One a British Army captain who was being held as a prisoner of war in Germany was given permission to leave and…
Exploding RATS and Anti-Tank Dogs, a list of the strangest weapons of WWII
World War Two required production of weapons on a massive scale. The war was also a time when weapons research and development took center stage.…
‘White Feather’ – America’s Vietnam War Sniper
Carlos Hathcock wore a white feather in his bush hat as he “wormed” his way through the jungle, following North Vietnam Army personnel during the…
How Spying Devices Supported the War Effort
During the war, spies and soldiers needed to conceal all kinds of objects and messages in order to evade the enemy. Normal, everyday items became…
World War Two Soviet Tank Models Rebuilt by Red Army Veteran
A World War Two and Red Army veteran has been spending his retirement building real, life-sized models of the Soviet’s World War Two tanks. Vyacheslav…
Japan’s World War Two Live Human Experiments Revealed
The Nazi are not the only culprits who performed live human experiments and experimented with biological warfare during World War Two. Lately more and more…