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Fascinating Abandoned Military Bases From All Around The World

Joris Nieuwint

Military bases and installations, built to last only a few years or to support a 1000-year Reich have been left abandoned across the globe. Some…

Tank Crews in WWII – Who Did What in a Tank

Tank Crews

Tanks have certainly played a large role in mechanising modern warfare. Their significance for both the First and Second World Wars cannot be underestimated, and…

Sergeant ‘Smokey’ Smith VC: I don’t take prisoners, period. I’m paid to kill them, then takes out 3 Panthers

Jeff Edwards

If you ask any combat infantryman, you will hear that there are men who make their life easy in garrison and men who make their…

‘Quite a few miles’ Navy veteran served in Europe and the Pacific during World War II

Navy veteran

Many stories of a World War II veteran’s service involve receipt of the notorious draft letter, travel to a basic training site, and then an…

HISTORY IN YOUR HANDS – By Phil Hodges

HISTORY

Phil Hodges takes a brief look at collecting militaria with the help of advice from experienced dealers Denis Exall and James Aslett.Photographs © Denis Exall…

INGLORIOUS FARB’TERDS – By Phil Hodges

Phil Hodges

Phil Hodges concludes his series of re-enactment related features with an account of an uncomfortable experience. I’ve interviewed a number of people for War History…

Bringing history to light – Jersey War Tunnels part of the heaviest fortified island of WWII

Guest Author

The physical traces of the Channel Island of Jersey’s wartime occupation remain like battle scars on the landscape; concrete defences, bunkers, fortifications and tunnels. What…

RE-ENACTING THROUGH THE LENS – By Phil Hodges

Phil Hodges

Photographs By Russell Cobb. People are fascinated by re-enacting or more to the point re-enactors. I often find these days that the people I work…

‘Shoot and scoot’ Local veteran shares story of tank rescue during World War II

Local veteran

By Jeremy P. Ämick America seems to have an insatiable appetite for war movies as evidenced by the recent release of military films such as…

Tinian Island: Bombs and Bunkers! By Devon Pike

Guest Author

We  took a trip back to Saipan and then on to the nearby island of Tinian from which the US operated the busiest airfield of…

‘A missile crisis’ Veteran discusses Cold War experience at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Cold War

By Jeremy P. Amick The 1960s was a decade seasoned with many unique cultural events including the civil rights movement and the deployment of thousands…

‘Mutual helpfulness’ Co-founder of American Legion post leaves legacy of public service

American Legion

By Jeremy P. Amick When war-hardened veterans returned to their communities following World War I, many struggled to leave behind memories of the adversities they…