THE BRITISH AEROSPACE HAWK – Review by Mark Barnes
We tend to shy away from modern warfare on this website. Some events are just a wee bit too recent or too raw for some…
World War Two-era mustard agent stockpile to be destroyed
A store of World War Two era US Army chemical weapons is due to be destroyed in Colorado. The store is at the US…
NEW TANK HISTORY DVD SET FROM EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT
The chaps at Eagle Rock Entertainment got in touch to tell us about a three DVD boxed set to be released on May 12th. The…
Secret Nazi files reveal V-2 rocket tests on German people
Secret Nazi records reveal how Hitler tested the V-2 rocket on his own German people. The secret records were filed as highly classified SS documents and…
D-Day landing craft designer to be commemorated in Normandy
A petition has been launched for a permanent memorial for a World War Two boat designer to be built on Utah Beach in Normandy, France…
New exhibition launched at the National World War Two Museum in New Orleans
A new exhibition is opened at the National World War Two Museum in New Orleans. The exhibition’s main attraction is a new feature film called,…
D-Day dog tag returned to US Army soldier’s widow
Seventy years since Allied troops landed on France’s Normandy beaches to attack the occupying German forces, a dog tag has been found buried in the…
British prisoner of war camps revisited around the UK
Much is written about Allied prisoners of war held in Germany and Nazi-occupied countries during World War Two. But little is discussed about the German…
HAWKER HURRICANE – Review by Mark Barnes
This one was on a recent list from Pen & Sword and, I have to say it kind of had me at ‘hello’ (with apologies!).…
VE Day fighter flyover for Washington, D.C.
On the 70th anniversary of the Allied victory over the Nazis during World War Two, a vintage plane flyover will take place on 8th May…
Battle of Okinawa remembered 70 years on
Seventy years ago this Easter, US troops began the biggest land assault of the Pacific during World War Two on the island of Okinawa. With…
British Army Major who fought in World War Two’s southern front dies at 97
A British Army Major General who led a battalion across Sicily on World War Two’s southern front has died at the age of 97. Major…