Five Things You Don’t Know: M4 Carbine (Watch)
The M4 Carbine is the primary infantry weapon of the United States Armed Forces. It replaces the M16 Assault Rifle, which is longer and heavier.…
Broadsword calling Danny Boy – Where Eagles Dare, Facts, Figures & Goofs
Where Eagles Dare is a World War 2 movie that was made in 1968. This movie starred Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, and Richard Burton. The…
Wrecked WWll US ship could devastate UK port
Sheerness port, situated on the Kent coast in South-east England covers an area of more than 1.5 million square metres. The busy port was previously…
French Resistance Was Vital To The Allied War Effort
A veteran of the French resistance during World War Two has tells about the efforts to sabotage the Nazi occupation. From 1940 to 1942, the…
World of Tanks Goes Live Today on PlayStation 4!
Wargaming is proud to announce that World of Tanks goes live today on PlayStation®4, bringing intense, free-to-play, 15v15 tank warfare to a new generation of…
Korean War Hero Finally Buried at home, 65 Years After He Died
A Korean War hero who died in action and was missing for nearly 66 years is finally being returned home for a full military funeral…
An Interview With Stephen Harding, Author of The Last Battle When American And German Soldiers Fought The SS Together
Stephen Harding tells about his book “The Last Battle” which will be turned into a major motion picture, and upcoming projects. Please tell us the…
TWO German WWII Halftracks Pulled From River in Poland
Two rare German halftracks from WWII – a Sd. Kfz. 250 – light armored halftrack and a Sd. Kfz. 7 halftrack artillery tractor were excavated form…
The Battleship of Union Square: How a 200ft Wooden ‘Destroyer’ Got Recruits To Join the Navy
The destroyer USS Recruit docked at Manhattan’s Union Square in 1917, but was in fact a wooden replica that was used as a recruitment drive to encourage civilians…
Special Treatment for Hitler While Imprisoned in the 1920s
Newly revealed documents have shown that when Adolf Hitler spent time in prison during the 1920s, he received special treatment, including a supply of beer.…
The Panavia Tornado – Review by Mark Barnes for War History Online
Pen & Sword produced some genuinely lovely aviation photo archive books during 2015 and I still have a few to tell you about that appeared…
1946 – The Makings Of The Post-war World – Details Beginning Of The Cold War
At the end of World War Two life was depressing for the millions of war-torn people left to survive across Europe and the Pacific. There…