Images emerge of Japan’s famous submarines that never saw action during World War II
[Via] With World War II in the Pacific was in its final months, a desperate plan to launch bacteriological weapons on the US West coast…
RACE TO THE RHINE – Review by Mark Barnes
We last saw these authors with their extremely likable guide to D-Day and the beginnings of the Normandy campaign. I obviously wasn’t paying sufficient attention…
Bomber Camp 2015 – The Pictures
Remember the amazing Bomber Camp weekend by the Stockton Field Aviation Museum? Being trained on every position as B-17 Flying Fortress crewmen, dropping bombs from a…
5 paintings missing since WWII returned to Germany thanks to the ‘Monument Men Foundation’
The damage and destruction during the Second World War was wide spread and spilt into many pillars of society. Art and cultural symbols were targeted…
Korean War air battle
[Via] The Korean War took place as World War Two ended and the Cold War began. The Korean War was dominated by air battles between…
Cold War Vulcan bomber to be grounded
[Via] The last airborne Vulcan bomber which was built and used during the Cold War is to be grounded this year. Built 55 years ago,…
THE BATTLE OF KURSK 1943 – Review by Mark Barnes
Put your feet up and chillax chums because a serious candidate for ‘book of the year’ is in and we aren’t yet half way through…
Children of the War – A look into the lives of children fathered by Allied soldiers during the WWII
It is estimated that in Germany alone there were more than 250,000 children fathered by soldiers from Britain, United States, Russia and France. In Austria…
General Ingelido – Obituary of a WWII Ace with 12 kills
[Via] Major General Michael J. Ingelido has passed away on 28, April 2015 in his family home in Colorado, as a result of complications from…
The Anzac Myth – Was Australia born at Gallipoli?
Anzac Day is a day of observance commemorating the first major military action, the Gallipoli Campaign, fought by Australian and New Zealand troops during World…
A World War II veteran, robbed off his life savings by his conservator, is on his way to win another ‘Battle’
[Via] The ordeal of a World War II veteran came to an end after a judge ordered that the war hero must be repaid $34,000.…
Remains of German and Italian Soldiers recovered from a Bosnian Town
[Via] A team searching for the remains of the Bosnian Muslims killed during Yugoslav Civil War has uncovered the remains of German and Italian soldiers…