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Scrapping And Salvaging World War II Aircraft in North Africa

  Wartime film clips show U.S. Aircraft and fighters at Telergma in North Africa at a field scrapyard, yielding valuable parts to keep ’em flying. Any…

Lyudmila Pavlichenko The Most Succesful Female Sniper Ever With 309 Kills

When the most countries of the world avoid putting women in the front line for some reasons during the World War II, the Soviet Union…

PANZER – The German Tanks Encyclopedia – Review by Mark Barnes

This is the first book I have seen from this publisher from sunny Aix-en-Provence and if they’re all like this l want to see many…

David and Goliath of World War Two – The Shortest Soldier Captured The Biggest!

The World War Two story of David and Goliath – an Allied 5ft 3in soldier who captured Germany’s tallest soldier at 7ft 6in has been…

WWII Spitfire Dig In Cambridgeshire Peat Bog Continues

The dig to retrieve the remains of a World War Two Spitfire has continued after it was halted earlier because human remains were discovered. The…

Those left behind – Army veteran discusses combat service with Vietnamese Rangers

By Jeremy P. Amick The stories of veterans can often vary among the different branches of services and the types of military duties for which…

US Army Vietnam War recruiter recalls his role as ‘Death Angel’

Harry Spiller was a Vietnam War recruiter for the US Army and he has now talked for the first time about his experiences after becoming…

Behind Enemy Lines; the March of the 10,000 Greek Hoplites

After defeating Xerxes’ mighty invasion in 479 BCE the Greeks enjoyed a fearsome reputation as powerful warriors, able to defeat armies many times their size.…

Dear IRS, Currently I Am Sitting On A Log in Bastogne, Belgium: COME AND GET ME!

During the Battle of the Bulge, General George S  Patton’s Fourth Armored Division broke through the German lines to relieve the pressure on eighteen thousand…

The Secret Nazi V-3 Super Gun – By Robby Houben

The V-3 gun, or Vergeltungswaffe 3 was one of Germany’s wonder weapons developed to change the aggravating tide of war. This Nazi supergun was designed…

The Man Who Volunteered For Auschwitz And Escaped To Tell About The Horrors

Inmate 4859. The Death Camp Volunteer – Beyond Bravery  Thus, I am expected to describe bare facts only, as my colleagues want it. It was…

The German Officer Who Rescued the ‘Pianist’

Sometimes, things aren’t always so black and white. Take the Nazi officer who ran a concentration camp in Poland. Who would ever have thought that he’d…