Extensive D-Day training and preparations revealed
The D-Day landings [Via] A Scottish castle in the far north of the UK is a little known hero in the preparations for the D-Day…
13 minutes earlier and Hitler would have been dead
There were many assassination attempts on Hitler from the time he began to rise in Germany’s political scene in the early 1930s, all the way…
Japanese Zero was the flagship enemy fighter aircraft during World War Two
Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero Model 22 (NX712Z), recovered from New Guinea in 1991 and used (with the atypical green camouflage shown) in the film Pearl Harbor…
A look at Buchenwald concentration camp
Buchenwald concentration camp was the first to be liberated by the Allies in April 1945, at the end of World War Two. The US Army’s…
‘Dyffryn Aled’ – the Colditz of Wales where 3 German Officers Escaped and Nearly got on a waiting U-Boat
A rich aristocratic lady lived a very content life in her 25-bedroom late-Georgian country estate called Dyffryn Aled, in the Welsh countryside. During the First…
German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel – The Desert Fox who earned the respect of the British
[Via] Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was perhaps the only German leader during the Second World War who was regarded with honour by the British. Rommel…
Big Guns – Battleship USS Missouri Shock & Awe [WATCH]
BB-63, the USS Missouri “Mighty Mo” is an Iowa-class United States Navy Battleship, the third that was named in honor of the US state of…
Nazi’s Lebensborn Project – Breeding the next generation Super Race of Aryans
During World War Two around 12,000 blue-eyed, blond children were kidnapped by the Nazi’s elite security service, the SS. The children were kidnapped as part…
A re-enactment of a Confederate surrender brings back memories of the American Civil War
It was the 9th of April 1865, 150 years ago, when the Confederate commander, Robert E. Lee, surrendered to the Union, after fighting 4 years…
‘Where history assembled’ Marine veteran treated by medic who helped raise flag on Iwo Jima
By Jeremy P. Amick When John Scheperle joined the Marine Corps during World War II, he was following in the footsteps of an older brother…
Creator of ‘The Hobbit’ film has designed 21st century standard ‘World War I Exhibition’ in New Zealand
[Via] After the huge success of his Hollywood blockbuster, ‘The Hobbit’, the filmmaker Peter Jackson has surprised fans and historians around the globe with his…
THE GREAT RETREAT – Review by Mark Barnes
This being the bicentenary year of the Battle of Waterloo there is an increased interest in all things Napoleonic. There is a lot to read…