World War 2 Operation Bagration In colour
In June of 1944, the Red Army carried out the Belorussian offensive that took place slightly over two weeks after the D-Day landings in…
XF-85 Goblin – Parasite Fighter – What Were They Thinking ?!?
The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin was a fighter aircraft, conceived during World War II and intended to be carried in the bomb bay of the giant…
Whiskey On The Rocks – When Sweden Woke Up To Find a Russian Submarine Stuck On a Rock
In October 1981, the Soviet submarine (NATO codename: Whiskey) S-363 accidentally hit an underwater rock about 10 kilometres from the main Swedish naval base at…
HITLERS RUSSIAN AND COSSACK ALLIES 1941-45 – Review by Phil Hodges
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Any war involving Russia is far from simple. The sheer size and geographical differences in the…
Nazi Spy Gadgets Uncovered In World War Two letter
Part of Nazi Germany’s strategy to take Britain out of the war was to starve the nation by preventing supply and merchant ships to cross…
Shocking Levels of Pollution and Waste Accumulation at US Naval Base Pearl Harbor Lead to Fears About Underground Oil Leakage
Pearl Harbor, well known for its place in World War Two history books, is in the news once again, but this time for inglorious reasons.…
Captured German Secret Weapons – Bachem Ba 349 and Ruhrstahl X-4 1945
In the Bavarian alps, in the final stages of the war in Europe, the allies discover the remains of some of Germany’s secret weapon program.…
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…
He slammed his hand on the table and said to Hitler “I will not take orders from a local Nazi chieftan”… and got away with it
Written by Nigel Mountford on Quora reproduced with permission. This is General Dietrich von Saucken. As you can see, he is literally the archetypal monocled patrician…
WW2: Jäger Greifen An! – German Luftwaffe captured Gun Camera Footage
In the air war over Europe, by 1944, the Allies had overwhelming advantages in numbers. The Luftwaffe had to come out and attack the bomber formations…
Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair plaque stolen
A plaque commemorating one of the assassination attempts on Hitler’s life has been stolen according to Polish police. One of Hitler’s most famous locations was…
Richard Attenborough’s World War Two uniform goes on sale
The Royal Air Force uniform that Richard Attenborough wore during World War Two is being put up for auction at Bonham’s in London. The uniform…