Auschwitz worker on trial at 94
Auschwitz concentration camp [Via] At the age of 94, Auschwitz worker Oskar Groening is one of the few surviving Nazis who agreed to be put…
Soviet tanks still remain popular today
A disabled Iraqi T-55 tank lies among other wreckage along the Highway of Death in April 1991. [Via] A Soviet tank that was first produced…
Top 10 Weapons that Changed the History and the World
The journey of man through the history has been, to put it mildly, kind of bumpy. On one side we can pride ourselves for the…
TILL THE BOYS COME HOME – Review by Mark Barnes
I like postcards but have resolved not to collect them because the thing would become a monster in no time. My ex-wife was convinced I…
The M10 Tank Destroyer in WWII in 18 Pictures!
The M10 tank destroyer was a World War II United States tank destroyer which was based on the chassis of the M4 Sherman tank, it…
WATCH: Panzerjäger Tiger Elefant Sd. Kfz. 184 Tank Destroyer
When Ferdinand Porsche offered his designs for the Tiger II tank in 1939, it was deemed too unconventional. It was also considered too demanding to…
World War Two ducks find home in Wisconsin
World War Two DUKWs or Ducks are still being used in the US state of Wisconsin to ferry tourists across the Wisconsin River. The boats are known…
Propeller from a German U-boat is returned to its Homeland
One of the most feared weapon of the World Wars, German U-boats gained reputation for stealth and deadliness especially in the First World War. In…
Napoleon’s planned route to London
Martello Tower at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex As the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo is commemorated, the people of Essex in the south east of…
Last Cold War Vulcan Bomber retires
[Via] The UK’s last Cold War Vulcan bomber is to be grounded after this summer. During the Cold War from the 1950s to the 1970s…
Ghosts of the Gooney Bird Volume 3 – By Hans Wiesman
In my previous Blogs Ghosts of the Gooney Bird, I showed pictures of crashed , lost and derelict Douglas C-47’s/ DC-3’s/ Dakotas. Most of them…
German spies in Ireland during World War Two
75 years ago German spies landed at Dingle Peninsula in southern Ireland. France had just fallen under Nazi occupation and the first massive air bombing…