RAF IN CAMERA – 1950s – Review by Mark Barnes
Earlier in the year I was happy to see an Images of War series book about the RAF in the Cold War. That book had…
German WWII atrocities in Greece
Italian troops attempted an invasion of Greece in October 1940, but the Greek army pushed the invaders back across the border into Albania. Germany intervened to…
Rumours That Churchill and British War-time Military Leaders Knew in Advance That Coventry was to be Blitzed Untrue
In the industrial midlands of England, close to Birmingham, lies the city of Coventry. Early in the Second World War, Coventry fell victim to a…
Secret Japanese WWII Submarine Rusting on Kiska Island
Stretching in an arc across the far northern Pacific Ocean, from Alaska in the east to Kamchatka in the west, and demarcating the Bering Sea…
64 years later: 101st Vet got to eat the meal that was stolen at Bastogne
With food being scarce during the Siege of Bastogne the defenders of the battered bastion instinctively searched for alternatives to fill their aching stomachs. However,…
South American Archives Confirm That Thousands of Nazis Fled There after the World War II
Recently-opened archives in some South American countries have shed new light on the extent of the wide-scale influx of Nazis into the Americas at the…
Japan’s film-makers continue to glorify World War Two
Recently Japan’s film-makers have produced a high number of World War Two military films. Probably because of the 70th anniversary commemorations for the end of…
WWII Soldier Gets Hero Send-Off After Nephew Made Appeal for His Funeral for Fear Only Four People Would Show Up!
WWII soldier Tom Bryan gets the hero send-off he deserved, an amazing answer to an appeal made by nephew Tony Budgett for his veteran uncle’s…
Early Chinese Firearms Production – By Mislav Barić
Early records show that the discovery of gunpowder wasn’t a plan based on empirical knowledge. It was merely a coincidence and a result of consecutive…
Veterans of the Falklands War reopen case against Top Gear
A criminal investigation into a car number plate shown on the BBC show Top Gear is to be reopened in Argentina, after an appeal by…
Bomb Disposal Squads – The Forgotten Heroes Of The Blitz
John Hannaford was doing his basic Army training when he was selected for the No. 16 Bomb Disposal Squad based in Cardiff. He had no…
Teens serve as pallbearers to homeless veterans
The US department of Housing and Urban Development estimates that on any given day there are 50,000 homeless military veterans on American streets. Most of…