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Nuts – The Siege of Bastogne

The Ardennes Offensive was a last ditch attempt by the German army to halt the Allied advance across western Europe.  The plan called for a…

ENDURING COURAGE – Review by Mark Barnes

Even without his place in aviation history, Eddie Rickenbacker had a remarkable life as an automotive engineer and racing driver. From the outset, the author…

Europe and the American Civil War

American Civil War

[Via] When America underwent the crisis of secession in the 1860s, the democratic way of life and anti-slavery movement came under intense threat. Old World…

Last German Dornier 17 recovered from sea bed

Dornier 17

[Via] The last remaining German Luftwaffe Dornier 17 bomber aircraft is being restored after 70 years of being hidden away. The bomber had crash landed in…

Zeppelin’s first raid on London

The Blitz and Battle of Britain are infamous in British history as the first time Britain had been heavily bombed from the air. But what…

World War Two historian and writer, Hugh Ambrose dies

Hugh Ambrose

[Via] World War Two historian and writer, Hugh Ambrose has died at the age of just 48. Hugh Ambrose wrote ‘The Pacific’ a worldwide best…

British PoWs in Japanese Camps saved by the English pointer dog

Animals were widely used during World War Two and the story of Judy the English pointer dog who was used to help save British prisoners…

World War Two unexploded ordnance causes chaos in Cologne

unexploded ordnance

[Via] Unexploded ordnance from World War Two still remains an everyday occurrence across Germany. The most recent incident in the North West city of Cologne…

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Adolf Hitler (Watch)

In 1907 a young man walked into the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria. Under his arm, he carried a portfolio of some of…

DC-3, Icon of Victory, by Hans Wiesman

Just 3 days after the 6th of June 1944, USAAF Engineers achieved the unthinkable. Right next to Omaha Beach on the Normandy coast at Saint…

US Air Force pilot’s World War Two remains found

US Air Force pilot

[Via] The remains of a US Air Force pilot who was killed during World War Two have been located and are being returned to his…

THE FALL OF MALAYA AND SINGAPORE – Review by Phil Hodges

I had a bad experience with a book from this series before. I say bad, tasteless is probably a better description. I didn’t like one drop…