William Ash: The Prisoner of War Who Wouldn’t Stop Escaping
William Ash was a survivor of the Nazis’ prisoner of war camps, surviving starvation, freezing temperatures, violence and slave labor. For the prisoners who survived…
World War Two Hurricane Excavated From Beachy Head
The daughter and granddaughter of a World War Two Polish pilot have helped to excavate his plane near Brighton in England. Kaziemierz Wünsche crash landed…
40th anniversary commemorations of the Vietnam War
Booby trap. Photo credit On the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, the country is looking to commemorate and remember its violent…
How To Build The M3 Grant Tank (1942)
This clip from 1942 shows the production of the medium Tank M3 “Grant” in the Chrysler Tank Arsenal, Detroit. The Medium Tank M3 was an…
MUST READ: Murmansk – The Cruiser That Never Gave Up
The Murmansk was a Soviet light cruiser project no. 68-bis. It was part of the Soviet (and later, the Russian) Navy’s Northern Fleet. Construction began…
3 Wars That Paved the Way for World War I
The First World War was devastating in its scope and utterly unlike what national leaders expected. As such, it was seen by many as an…
Amazing story: WWII ghost B-17 completed its mission, then landed – no one was on board
A B-17 Flying Fortress landed perfectly at an RAF airbase and completes the full landing pattern as well. The bomber comes to a full stop;…
Lyudmila Pavlichenko The Most Succesful Female Sniper Ever With 309 Kills
When the most countries of the world avoid putting women in the front line for some reasons during the World War II, the Soviet Union…
USAAF pilot defected, flew his P-38 to Milan & joined the SS
During WWII, an American pilot defected to Nazi Germany. Despite this, he was allowed to reenlist in the US military. Martin James Monti was born…
David and Goliath of World War Two – The Shortest Soldier Captured The Biggest!
The World War Two story of David and Goliath – an Allied 5ft 3in soldier who captured Germany’s tallest soldier at 7ft 6in has been…
It’s Alive in the World of Tanks Blitz Halloween Special
A unique set of Personal Missions let players earn the fearsome Tankenstein World of Tanks Blitz has a spooky surprise in store for tankers beginning…
WWII Spitfire Dig In Cambridgeshire Peat Bog Continues
The dig to retrieve the remains of a World War Two Spitfire has continued after it was halted earlier because human remains were discovered. The…