Amazing Facts About The Junkers Ju-87 Stuka
The Stuka got its nickname from the German word Sturzkampfflugzeug or dive-bomber, the official designation was Junkers Ju-87. The first plane prototype Stuka flew in…
Why You Can’t Take Selfies At Auschwitz
A British novelist and journalist, Anthony Horowitz, recently made a plea for the banning of self-photography – the taking of “selfies” – at the Auschwitz…
World War Two British and Japanese veterans come together for reconciliation
World War Two British and Japanese veterans have reconciled and shaken hands more than 70 years after the end of the war. The Japanese were…
Youngest Vietnam War US Marine Was 14 Years Old, He Was Killed In Action Age 15
The story of an underage US Marine who fought in the Vietnam War has been uncovered. Dan Bullock joined the US Marines so that he…
For Sale: 6 MI-24 Soviet Attack Helicopters: 4 Million Dollars!
You can now be the owner 6 of these beasts; they are for sale on eBay for only 4 Million Dollars! The seller guarantees that…
Easy Company – Band of Brothers – The Crossroads Battle Explained
Introduction – The Island It is October 2nd, 1944, the 101st Airborne has completed its tasks on Hells Highway around Veghel and Eindhoven and has…
Hitler’s Last Residence, Fuhrerbunker, Went Unnoticed For 60 Years
A parking lot now sits where Adolf Hitler’s Reich Chancellery once stood. It is long gone thanks to Soviet troops liberating Berlin marking the end…
USAAF Airmen of 487th BG Signed Wall of Suffolk Pub – Staff Now Tracing Them Back To US
From April 1944 to the end of the Second World War, 487th Bombardment Group operated from RAF Lavenham and visited the Swan pub in Suffolk,…
British actor, Richard Davies, dies aged 89
British actor, Richard Davies, who starred in the movie Zulu, as well as many other British TV shows, has died at the age of…
Old Boeing Plant has Some Secrets from World War Two
Many know of the company Boeing and its history of building planes. However, no one knew all of the secrets these specific plants held. Seattle,…
Augusta Chiwy, The Hero Nurse From Band of Brothers, Dies Aged 94
Augusta Chiwy, a World War Two Belgian veteran nurse who saved the lives of numerous US Soldiers in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in…
The Battle for Tarawa – 76 Hours of HELL – November 20th 1943
The Battle of Tarawa was one of the more terrible American experiences in the Pacific theatre of World War Two. It was one that…