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SUVLA 15 – Review by Mark Barnes

SUVLA 15

What a pleasure it is for me to see this book from our very own Wayne Osborne. It is quite appropriate that the last time…

The Life and Glory of ‘Hitler’s Car’

The spectrum of human’s fascination with artifacts and historic relics is as wide as it is peculiar. The Second World War gave us a number…

The Friendly Invasion Returns to Suffolk: Welcoming Home Two Men of The Mighty Eighth

Often, my father frustratingly reflects on his 17 year stint in the office of a sugar beet factory through the realisation that almost every man…

75 Year Old Messerschmitt BF109 E4 Flies Again

Messerschmitt BF109 E4

The only surviving Messerschmitt BF109 E4 still flying. It was shot down and belly landed in a field during the Battle of Britain in 1940.…

24 Best War Movies of All Time

Perhaps the most intriguing factor that drives humans towards the achievement of peace and cooperation is the reality of war and its consequences. Following are…

Rudders Pointe du Hoc landing craft found & now in restoration!

It’s not often you walk around a military fair and someone taps you on the shoulder and then says “Pssst….. want to know a secret?”…

Martin Mars WWII Water Bomber To Be Brought Back For Fire Service

Martin Mars water bomber

[Via] A World War Two era Martin Mars water bomber airplane that was put out of service in Canada is said to be being brought…

Operation Market Garden – September 24th, 1944

A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944.  Oosterbeek In a final attempt to reinforce the perimeter and secure a crossing…

Secret World War Two Diaries Of Soviet Ambassador In Britain Uncovered

The personal diary of the Soviet Ambassador to Britain during World War Two has been uncovered. Ivan Maisky was the Soviet Union’s Ambassador to the…

New Cold War Thriller Bridge of Spies Tells Story Of Lawyer Who Has to Negotiate The Release Of A Shot Down U-2 Spyplane Pilot

Bridge of Spies is a new Hollywood movie set during the Cold War and features actor Tom Hanks. The film’s trailer has recently been released and…

Greatest Mysteries of WWII – Nazi Germany’s Top Secret Weapons

Jack Beckett

Towards the end of World War II, Nazi scientists and engineers were working on a number of destructive and innovative devices. The Germans were losing…

When Kruschev and Kennedy Brought the World To The Brink Of Destruction – The Cuban Missile Crisis

In October 1962, the US and the USSR nearly came to blows over Cuba, potentially starting WWIII and plunging the world into a nuclear winter.…