Australia’s Second World War’s Deadliest Aircraft Crash Remembered
It is hard to accept that during history’s most horrifying war, the deadliest aircraft crash was not caused by enemy fire. Killing 4 crewmembers and…
Nazi propaganda copyright ends
[Via] German copyright law is keeping the reprinting of Hitler’s and other leading Nazi party members’ writings off the bookshelves and restricts it to a…
‘Mephisto’ – A Beloved WW1 Tank Giftwrapped for AWM
[Via] Most of us would probably complain while wrapping a birthday present, imagine one day at work you are told to wrap a First World…
Bloody Siege – the battle of Dien Bien Phu
French troops seeking cover in trenches The First Indo-China war broke out shortly after the end of the Second World War and lasted until 1954. …
World War One German U-8 propeller returned to Germany
The propeller from the first German U-Boat to have been sunk by the British during World War One has been returned to the German Navy…
Former German POW Camp to be transformed into A Tourist Attraction
[Via] Constructed in 1939, the Cultybraggan Camp near Comrie in Perthshire, Scotland was built to house a large number of German Prisoners of War during and…
Bear Grylls’ Grandfather was a Nazi Hunter in WWII
It has been revealed that Bear Grylls granddad was commissioned with a secret mission by the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill himself. During the war…
WATCH: Free WWII Tank? Abandoned World War II Tank Wrecks Part 1
Abandoned World War II Tanks and their last known locations on Google Maps, Sherman tanks, Chaffee tanks, M7 Priest’s, T-34/85.
Operation Fortitude contributed to D-Day success
Operation Fortitude was a secret mission to fool the Nazis and draw any attention away from the D-Day Landings during World War Two. The D-Day…
Waterloo Bicentury Celebrations – Decoding some Myths of the Famous Battle
[Via] On 18th June 1815, almost two centuries ago, a mammoth French Army was defeated by a comparatively small ‘militia’ of men led by an…
World War One Battle of Jutland wrecks re-discovered
[Via] The Battle of Jutland during World War One has been brought back to life as the latest technology in under water investigation identifies the wrecks.…
Operation Magic Carpet – Bringing 8 Million US Soldiers Back Home
Victory in Europe – what happens next? After victory had been declared in Europe and the Second World War had come to an end with…