Guest blogger Dan Snow: Dunkirk – Day by Day 2 June 1940 (Watch)
Dan Snow gives us a day-by-day account of the miraculous evacuation at Dunkirk during WWII. June 2nd 1940 – It has now become too dangerous…
The First Aircraft Carrier To Be Restored!
On August 10th 1918, Lieutenant Stuart Culley sat in the cockpit of his Sopwith Camel envisioning the raid upon which he was about to embark. Instead…
Language lessons – Missouri WWII veteran served as translator with U.S. Army in Germany
Elwyn Scheperle has many heartfelt memories of growing up in the Millbrook community south of Lohman, Mo., many of which involved listening to members of his…
Underwater WWII War-bird Graveyard in the Marshall islands
In the last year, many photographs have surfaced of an “Airplane Graveyard” in the Kwajalein Atoll, Roi-Namur part of the Marshall Islands. Brandi Mueller who…
Cats, Scorpions, War Fans and More of the Most Unusual Improvised Battlefield Weapons
Swords, spears, catapults and bows; these standard weapons certainly had their place. Sometimes, however, a more unorthodox style would be tried. The unexpected attacks are…
This Man Sent a Threatening Letter to Hitler in 1941 – He Died in a Concentration Camp
In March 1941, The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was in a dire position. Hitler was insisting that the country join the Tripartite Pact, as it served…
What to Do with Dilapidated Nuremberg Nazi Rally Grounds?
Neglected and crumbling buildings dating from the Nazi era are coming under scrutiny in Germany, as people debate their cultural significance and what should become…
Epic: Recovering The Last Luftwaffe Float Plane From A Fjord In Norway 70 Years After It Sank
The twin-engine three-seater float plane was originally bought by the Norwegian Navy Air services in 1939. It was used by the Norwegians against the invading German…
How Low Can They Go? – Look Here And We Will Show You
World War II Warbirds flying extremely low, to impress their mates, to escape from harm or to execute an attack. Either way, it makes for…
We Were Soldiers: Tony Nadal – The Battle of la Drang (Watch)
In the first major battle of the war that involved regular U.S. ground forces and North Vietnamese forces, Col. Tony Nadal and the soldiers of…
Sir Douglas Haig: The Best Man For a Terrible Job?
Lieutenant George: Great Scott sir, you mean, you mean the moment’s finally arrived for us to give Harry Hun a darned good British style thrashing,…
Badass 93 Year Old 101st Airborne Veteran Jim ‘Pee Wee’ Martin Jumped Over Normandy – Again!
In 2014, to celebrate the 70th D-Day anniversary in Normandy, France, a then 93-year-old veteran paratrooper named Jim Martin once again carried out a parachute jump…