20 Best Apache Gunship Pictures We Could Find!
The Boeing AH-64 Apache is an attack helicopter which has a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew. It’s armed with a 30 mm M230 chain gun…
This Low Flying Lancaster Bomber Will Make Your Day!
Watch the Canadian Warplane Heritage Center Lancaster “Vera” making an incredible low pass, be sure to turn up the volume! The Avro Lancaster flown by…
The Bruneval Raid – The Secret Battle for German Radar
One of the most important raids in the Second World War was the British raid on Bruneval.occupied France. Its aim was to steal German radar…
Russia’s Father Of All Bombs: “All That Is Alive Merely Evaporates”
“All that is alive merely evaporates,” is the quote Russian Deputy Chief of Russian General Staff Alexander Rukshin shared when asked about their newly developed…
B-17 Flying Fortress drawn onto field in Suffolk
Commemorations of the World War Two B-17 Flying Fortress bomber have taken place in an unusual way in the English countryside. During the war hundreds…
Battle over Eisenhower Memorial
There is a battle being waged over the plans for a Washington memorial to President Dwight Eisenhower. Some of the delays are expected. Funding has…
A Letter Saved from the 1870 Siege in Paris
Australia’s national archive in Brisbane has come across a letter that was flown out of Paris by a balloon during the Prussian siege in the nineteenth…
The Indian Army and the End of the Raj – Review by Chris Buckham
Intratheatre civil conflict, with its roots in religion, tribalism or ethnic differences, represents some of the most brutal and savage of conflicts. When initiated by…
Incredible Images Of The Abandoned Bunkers and Fortresses of the Maginot Line
The Maginot Line was a series of fortifications built by the French Government in the 1930s. It ran along the border with Germany and was…
World War Two Ex-serviceman Recalls the Dangers He Faced as a Tail-gunner in Bombing Raids on Germany
As time has passed and the 70th anniversary of the final year of the Second World War has been reached, most surviving servicemen are now…
Woman Finds Diary Of Man She Loved In World War II Museum
Corporal Thomas “Cotton” Jones served as a marine for the United States military during World War II. Before he was killed by a Japanese sniper in…
Germany Still Paying Pensions For WWII Spanish Volunteers Who Went To War For Hitler
In 1962 Germany came to an agreement with the Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco, that Germany would support volunteers that signed up to fight for Hitler,…