D-Day: Amazing Footage And Photos of Allied WW2 Airborne Forces
6th June 1944, Operation Overlord, D-Day and Airborne Landings On this day, more than half a century ago, Operation Overlord began, marking the beginning of…
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – The Curse of the Veteran
Those who survived a war are often scarred for life by their experiences. Many suffer problems, including the condition known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder…
AD 732, Battle of Tours: Charles Martel the ‘Hammer’ Holds The Line Of Battle
Few Empires emerged as quickly as that of the Muslim Caliphates. Bursting out from what is now Saudi Arabia in the mid-7th century, the Islamic…
USS Samuel B. Roberts – “Destroyer Escort That Fought Like a Battleship” in the Battle of Leyte Gulf
USS Samuel B. Roberts had a short-lived but ferocious service. The ship was built in 1944 and was immediately sent to assist the Task Force…
Robbery and Murder Under Cover of the London Blitz in World War Two
German Air Raids on Britain were a feature of World War II, with bombing raids concentrating on strategic ports, important manufacturing cities and the capital…
The Cold War Soviet T-54/55 Was The Most Produced Tank Ever
The T-54 is the most massively produced tank in history. Together with its counterpart which was adapted to protect the tank and its crew against…
Japanese Battleship Musashi — Part 2: The Rediscovery
The biggest ship to sail the seas during WWII, she was Japan’s pride and joy (and the bane of captains) till she was lost. It…
“Divided We Fall” Early Access – New WW2 Game Overview With Pictures and Trailer
Divided We Fall is a close-combat multiplayer game with team-driven strategy at its core set in various immersive battlefields of the Second World War. Command…
Chicago Honors Easy Company, Heroes of Operation Market Garden In The Second World War
The City of Chicago paid tribute recently to the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and 101st Airborne Division, more popularly known as Easy Company.…
Last Surviving Doolittle Raider Remembers America’s Daring Bombing Raid On Japan
At Perry-Houston County Airport in Georgia, a B-25 Mitchell bomber called Show Me , recently, sat at the end of a Runway 36. Aboard was Richard E.…
Group Rallying To Raise Funds To Bring Remains Of American WWII Veteran Home
American Legion Post 516 is named after Willie B. Hatcher, a World War II veteran who left a pregnant wife at home to fight in…
Volunteer Divers Survey Wreck from 1807 In Stormy Waters Off Northern Scottish Islands
In 1807, the Dutch warship Utrecht was driven off course by a blizzard on her maiden voyage. The ship was stranded in February 1807 with…