World War Two Ex-serviceman Recalls the Dangers He Faced as a Tail-gunner in Bombing Raids on Germany
As time has passed and the 70th anniversary of the final year of the Second World War has been reached, most surviving servicemen are now…
Woman Finds Diary Of Man She Loved In World War II Museum
Corporal Thomas “Cotton” Jones served as a marine for the United States military during World War II. Before he was killed by a Japanese sniper in…
Germany Still Paying Pensions For WWII Spanish Volunteers Who Went To War For Hitler
In 1962 Germany came to an agreement with the Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco, that Germany would support volunteers that signed up to fight for Hitler,…
Wheatcroft Collection: American Sherman M4 105mm Tank
The Wheatcroft Collection’s rare American Sherman M4 105mm tank is nearing completion. Pictures show the freshly restored 9 cylinder radial engine being dropped into the…
Wipers Times, WWI Satirical Newspaper Makes Comeback In Germany: The Fritz Times
If Capt. Fred Roberts and Lt. Jack Pearson were alive today, one wonders what their reaction would be to the publishing of their newspaper the…
Dresden Pays Its Respect to the Victims of the 1945 Allied Firebombing Attack
Dresden is a city located in eastern Germany that recently paid its respects to the thousands of people who were victims of the Allied firebombing…
Aircraft Carriers – The Illustrated History of the World’s Most Important Warships – Review by Mark Barnes
The nice people at Zenith Press in the United States have been mailing me books via UPS for a while now and I always manage…
Marine Who Led Charge up Mount Suribachi Passes Away
First Lieutenant John Wells heroically served as a marine in the United States military during WW II. He passed away on February 11, 2016, at…
With the Enemy Approaching, He Sat Beside His Wounded Comrade, Pulled the Pin on Two Grenades, and Waited
Refusing to leave his mortally wounded comrade as the enemy approached, Australian Warrant Officer Kevin Wheatley pulled the pin on two grenades and waited for…
Helicopter Door Gunners are Awesome – Aerial Gunnery in UH-1Y
Watch the Marine Light Attack Training Squadron 303 in a UH-1Y Huey helicopter give close air support as part of a training exercise on February…
Sherman Tank Recovered From Ship Torpedoed By German U-Boat Off Russian Coast
A rusty but well-preserved World War Two tank was recovered in 2014 in the Barents Sea after having been discovered amongst the wreck of a US cargo…
10 Most Deadly Snipers of WWII
Images Used (Clockwise from top left): (1) Soviet Union had over 2,000 women snipers operating in 1943 during WWII. One of them, Lieutenant Lyudmila Pavlichenko…