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Images of the Hetzer pulled from the Gulf of Gdansk in 2007!

The Jadpanzer 38, or Hetzer, was a light tank destroyer produced from 1944 – 1945. 2584 were made, and it was used by Nazi Germany…

10 Weirdest Facts From WWI

In these centennial years of the First World war, lets look back at some of the more unknown facts about WW1. Were the Generals leading the…

World War Two Sea Forts to be Developed into Luxury Hotel

A group of World War Two sea forts that have been abandoned since the mid-1950s off the coast of Whitstable in the UK may be…

Deadline Gallipoli – TV Series About Australian War Correspondents In WW1

Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, the son of a college headmaster, was born in New South Wales, Australia in 1879. When Charles was ten years old,…

VISITING THE FALLEN: ARRAS – Review by Mark Barnes for War History Online.

When I first started my pilgrimage on the Great War battlefields I set myself an agenda that involved what I can only describe as ‘collecting’…

China Builds Second Aircraft Carrier

China’s Defense Ministry has confirmed that it is building a second aircraft carrier after rumors became widespread about the project. The ship is being built…

The M2 Carbine (1945) – The Fully Automatic

When originally designed, the M1 carbine was intended to have only selective-fire capabilities. When actual production on the gun began, the decision was made to…

German Soldiers Forced to Eat Poop to Cure Dysentery Outbreak

What could be worse than being overcome with gut-wrenching cramps, cold sweats, and horrible dizziness in the deserts of North Africa? Maybe the moment that…

Firing MP 40 on Full Auto On A 55 Gallon Drum Filled With Water! (Video)

Blasting away with this fine little WWII German submachine gun, the MP40 on 55 Gallon Drum filled with water, does it get any better than…

“Germany calling” – WWII Traitor Lord Haw-Haw was executed

William Brooks Joyce was born in Brooklyn, New York on 27th April 1906. His father was an Irish Catholic, who had become a US citizen,…

WWII Stories: Fate of the Guernsey Man Who Punched German Soldier Finally Discovered . . . After 70 Years

The fate of Guernsey man Sidney Ashcroft was finally discovered 70 years after he got deported from his then Nazi-occupied home island for punching a…

WWII B-26 Pilot Flew 75 Missions In The “Widow-maker”

Born in Brooklyn in 1921, Leon Leshay grew up in Massachusetts. He studied science at a Rhode Island college, where he had an opportunity to…