Family fined for taking term-time trip to Battle of Arnhem site
A family from Blackpool in England is being fined by local authorities after taking their 13 year old son out of school during term time…
Race against Time to Solve Riddle of Japanese Pilot Shot down in Northern Australia
On the rugged northern coast of Australia, in the area known as the Kimberleys, lies the historical coastal town of Broome, famous for its pearl…
Vickers Armstrongs Type E – Used In The Winter War!
The fourth in a series of short films about some of the vehicles in our collection presented by The Tank Museum’s historian David Fletcher MBE.…
Seven Bodies from the USS Oklahoma Found and in Process of Identification
Since the December 7th 1941 bombing of the USS Oklahoma, many of its crew are still reported as missing in action. Recently there have been seven…
The 10 Of The Biggest Military Planes Ever Built
We’ve flipped through the pages of aviation history to bring you ten of the biggest, heaviest, weirdest and most astounding aircraft ever built. Antonov An-225…
2009: German Town Centre with Provocative Mass Display of Garden Gnomes Giving Nazi Salute
An unusual sight greeted people one morning in 2009 in a town in southern Germany. Upon reaching the town centre they found it had been…
Rare WW2 German Combat Footage
See this extraordinary combat footage from WWII! Watch, as it begins with the German soldiers marching in their famous or – depending on your preference…
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…
Edinburgh: Soldier Bear Statue in Honor of WWII’s Wojtek the Bear Unveiled at Princes Street Gardens
Edinburgh, Scotland – A bronze soldier bear statue – in honor of WWII’s Wojtek, the beer-drinking bear who saw action during the Second World War –…
Documentary Recreated Colditz Castle Escape Attempt Using A Glider
A Channel 4 documentary has recreated a 1945 World War Two British Army plan whereby British Army prisoners held at Colditz Castle were plotting to…
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…