Thousands of Japanese brides fled to US after World War Two
World War Two saw a surge of marriages between Japanese women and American troops in the Pacific. Even though they were enemies thousands of Japanese…
Imperial War Museum launched Blitz exhibition
Manchester’s Imperial War Museum (IWM) has launched its new exhibition on the Blitz. Seventy five years ago this year Britain came under its first massive…
British Commandos – Pride of Army But Shot When Captured By Nazis
Commando troops coming ashore from LCIs A new book has been published detailing the exploits of British Commandos during World War Two. However, it suggests…
What You Should Know About The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldiers
Many nations have special monuments to soldiers who fell in battle and whose bodies have never been recovered or identified. The United Kingdom has the…
Myth Or Real? Germany Built Wooden Airfields to Fool the Allies, So They Bombed It With Wooden Bombs
This story has been told in many ways, where locations of where the airfield was and how it was bombed being different but the gist…
Attempts Made To Save Historic US Military Boeing 707 From The Scrap Yard
A historic Boeing 707 due to be scrapped is being rescued by military enthusiasts. The Boeing 707 is owned by the Pentagon and has the…
When Circus Elephants Went Farming During World War One
When World War One began the men and horses of Europe were transported to the frontline, leaving behind few people or animals to toil the…
Auschwitz Love Story Between Nazi Guard & Jewish Prisoner Which Saved Her Life
An Auschwitz love story has emerged more than 70 years on from the depths of a Nazi concentration camp, where a Jewish prisoner fell in…
DC-3’s Immortality Captured In Your Own C-47 War Relic Skin Panel – By Hans Wiesman
The Douglas Dc-3 was developed as a stretched version from its successful predecessor DC-2 that first flew in 1934. That model crushed the dominance of…
Forget Thermopylae, This Is The Battle That Actually Won The war
The battle of Plataea is not an event that gets instant recognition like the famous battles of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis. It often gets overlooked…
20 Facts About The P-51 Mustang – The Best US Fighter of WWII
North American Aviation (NAA) built the P-51 Mustang in factories based in Inglewood, California, and Dallas, Texas. It took them 102 days to build the…
Women in World War II: Cornelia Clark Fort
By Bill Beigel In the course of researching the World War 2 military casualties buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Fort Worth, TX, I came…