‘Mad’ Jack Churchill Became The Only Man During WWII To Kill An Enemy Soldier With An Arrow Fired From A Longbow
To those he fought beside, Jack Churchill seemed like a man without fear, but to those he faced in combat, he was a terrifying figure,…
Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair plaque stolen
A plaque commemorating one of the assassination attempts on Hitler’s life has been stolen according to Polish police. One of Hitler’s most famous locations was…
Richard Attenborough’s World War Two uniform goes on sale
The Royal Air Force uniform that Richard Attenborough wore during World War Two is being put up for auction at Bonham’s in London. The uniform…
WWII 2nd Infantry Division Veteran From Tulsa Still Tap dances (with Video)!
A personal story from World War Two veteran is that of Al Price who served in the US Army’s 2nd Infantry Division and drove a…
Kim Philby: Known As One Of The Most Famous Traitors Of The Cold War
Harold “Kim” Philby, British journalist and intelligence agent, is one of the most famous traitors of the Cold War. Part of the infamous Cambridge spy…
86 Remains Used for Nazi Human Experiments Discovered In Strasbourg Labratory
86 remains of Holocaust Jews used in Nazi human experiments were discovered in a forensic medicine institute in Strasbourg in eastern France recently. These 86 remains were…
Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B – Jagdtiger – In Action!
The Herman Jagtiger tank destroyer was the heaviest armored vehicle produced during World War II. It weighed 72 tons and had a 128 mm gun.…
The German Paris Gun – Super Gun Of WWI
The Paris Gun was a type of German long-range siege gun, several of which were used to bombard Paris during World War I. They were…
Allerberger and Hetzenauer, German Snipers Racked Up Over 600 Kills
Jozef Allerberger was born in the vicinity of Wals-Siezenheim, Austria, on 26 December 1924 (although in his memoirs he states he was born in September),…
WW II B-17 Survival Story – Virtually cut in half by a mid air collision with a German Fighter it got the crew home!
On February 1, 1943, there was a collision in mid-air between a B-17 bomber and a German fighter plane over the Tunis dock area in…
Footballer of Loos – Story Of An Audacious Action By A British Rifleman in WW1
The age-old notion of shell shock or as it is euphemistically called the battle fatigue has always been most misunderstood phenomenon of modern warfare. Soldiers…
Re-enactment of New Zealand World War One Volunteers’ Famous Rimutaka Hill Marches
At the end of September, a group of enthusiasts in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand re-enacted the locally famous three-day Rimutaka Hill route march,…