Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 3: The engine continued
The aforementioned fan was the only casualty in the recovery as a blade broke off as we unloaded in my yard. Due to the size…
Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 2: The Engine
I spent about 9 years gathering parts for the restoration including a spare engine but I did remove the engine straight away to see just…
Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 1: The beginning
4000 hours later, Adrian Barrell walk us through the restoration of his Sherman M4A4 – from range wreck to world class restoration. My Sherman, M4A4…
Meeting A Veteran – By John Henry Phillips
We grow up on stories of World War 2. From being a child pretending a fallen twig is a gun, to the extra excitement when…
THE TURKS IN KOREA – CREATING A MYTH (Part 1)
By Savvas D. Vlassis We often hear about the Turkish population of 80 million and Turkey’s powerful armed forces, the second largest in NATO, after…
Carnage At The Crossroads – The Malmady Massacre Part 3 – Murder
PROLOGUE: This incident was considered to be the worst WAR CRIME committed against American soldiers in the western European Theatre of WWII. Much has been written & published…
Carnage At The Crossroads – The Malmady Massacre Part 1
The Tragic Story Of Sgt. Cecil J. Cash By: Esther M. Ziock Carroll PROLOGUE: This incident was considered to be the worst WAR CRIME committed against American soldiers in the…
Top 5 Tips for Safely Collecting Inert Ammunition and Ordnance
Like many collecting focusses, militaria collectors with a passion for acquiring inert ammunition have many influences, be they stories from their grandfather’s tales of WW2,…
Hundreds Show Up for Funeral of Family-less WWII Veteran
33-year-old Sgt. Rick Clement was not related in anything to Harold Percival. He never even met the man, not even once. But still, he felt…
George Clooney’s “Monuments Men” Expected in Berlin Film Fest
Recently, Germany and the world witnessed the news about a treasure trove of priceless artworks stashed away in a dingy Munich flat hidden among piles…
Believed to be the Oldest Surviving Poppy from WWI to be Auctioned
It is believed to be the oldest surviving poppy from WWI’s battlefields and now, it has come up to be auctioned…almost 100 years after it…
Top 5 Picks of WW2 Collectable Deactivated Sniper Rifles
THE SNIPER HAS lurked in the shadows of war for over two centuries evolving from paid assassin to the most highly trained of infantryman during…