Steve McQueen’s Great Escape Motorbike Used to Herd Cows After Filming Finished
In 1963, The Great Escape was probably the most exciting film event in movie theatres across the UK and USA. The war epic beat Hitchcock’s…
Oldest Pearl Harbor Veteran, Ray Chavez, dies at 106
On Wednesday, a tweet from the White House alerted everyone to the death of the oldest survivor of Pearl Harbor, Ray Chavez. Chavez died in…
The Deadliest Single Days in War: You Will Surprised by Where & When
Psychologists, historians, philosophers, politicians, poets – all have tried to understand what seems at times to be a basic human need – not food, shelter,…
What Happened To Eichmann’s Sons? Where Are They Now?
The men behind the horrors of World War II were either caught, imprisoned and put on trial for their unspeakable crimes, or they took poison…
Some Big Failures & Strangest Looking Inventions of War
New technology, more powerful guns, over-active planners, and the demands of warfare often resulted in wild creations that resembled flights of fancy or Frankenstein experiments…
American Occupied England – Life in the D-Day Staging Zone
By the time the D-Day invasion was launched in June 1944, the south of England had spent months filled with soldiers preparing for war. The…
Dietrich von Saucken: The German General Who Told the Führer, ‘I Will Not Take Orders from a Local Chieftain’
Any school teacher or parent will give the same advice to a child who is being harassed by a bully: stand up to him and…
8 French Self-Propelled Artillery Weapons
Self-propelled artillery has a history almost as old as tanks, and the French were early adopters in both fields. From First World War field guns…
Churchill’s Account of Lord Mountbatten Nearly Shooting an Air Chief Marshal
A previously unpublished draft of a letter written by Winston Churchill was unearthed from the estate of the late Commodore Gordon Allen and is now…
British Warship Recognition: The Perkins Identification Albums Volumes 5, 6 & 7
Richard Perkins is something of a mystery. He built a vast collection of warship photographs he either took himself or acquired through a network of…
5 Twentieth Century ‘British’ APCs
From the first improvised vehicles to professional, custom-made versions, the British army’s armored personnel carriers (APCs) saw some serious changes during the 20th century. Kangaroo…
How Neutral Countries Responded to WW2 – Some Made a Fortune From It
When the Second World War broke out, it looked set to redefine the shape of Europe. Despite this, many countries on the continent tried to…