Canadian WWI Veteran Was Wounded at Gallipoli Later At Ypres Then His Evac Ship Was Sunk By U-Boat And He Was Taken POW
John Joseph Ryan was a Canadian veteran of both World War One and World War Two. He was born in 1896 in Canada and became…
Elite Iberian Warriors and the Falcata
Elite units of the ancient world usually gain their elite status by being wealthy enough to afford the best arms and armor, such as cataphracts…
The Man Who Broke In And Out of Auschwitz, Not Once But Twice, Died Aged 96
A World War Two veteran and prisoner of war has died aged 96. Denis Avey controversially broke in out of Auschwitz, not once but twice!…
New Indian Ice Cream Uses Hitler as Brand Ambassador
[Via] A new ice-cream to hit India’s streets is called the Adolf Hitler and has sparked anger and frustration in Germany and the rest of…
7 Vehicles and Inventions that Shaped D-Day
World War Two was a period of innovation and development for military equipment and weaponry, as both the Allies and Nazis tried to outwit each…
Czech car killed more Nazi officers than active combat
1941 Tatra T87, s/n 49870 and engine no 12786345 via Wikipedia Historians have revealed that more Nazi officers were killed in the Czech car, the Tatra…
German Blitzkrieg At The Start of World War Two
[Via] While most of the world commemorates 70 years since the end of World War Two this year, the war began back in the beginning…
Would you go back in time and kill Hitler?
The conference room at the Wolf’s Lair soon after the July 20th 1944 assassination attempt, via Wikipedia Most people would make killing Hitler their first…
US Navy tanker discovered off Hawaiian coast
[Via] A US Navy tanker has just been discovered after sinking almost 60 years ago off the coast of Hawaii. Marine researchers were diving in…
Operation Fire Power (1954)
A Show of American Fire Power! Air view, bombs falling and exploding in line across ground (several shots). SV F 84 thunder-jet rocket and bomb…
New biography tells real life Great Escape character
The World War Two veteran who was played by Steve McQueen in Hollywood movie, The Great Escape, is the subject of a new biography. William…
New book tells story of Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
A new book about the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) is being released to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, which…