Julius Erasmus, Hürtgenwald’s Grave Digger – He Buried 1569 Soldiers, Alone!
Julius Erasmus lost everything in the Second World War but that did not stop him from doing what others neglected to do after the conflict…
Post Card Sent in WWII Finally Arrives!
With the anniversary of the end of World War Two and many of the major battles and key moments being commemorated, a surge in World…
Battle of Iwo Jima close up
[Via] The Battle of Iwo Jima was one of the deadliest of World War Two. US Marines who landed on the shores of the island…
The M1 Carbine, a celebrated piece of World War Two weaponry
The most used gun by US forces during World War Two was the M1 Carbine. Made from 1942 to 1945 the M1 Carbine was provided…
MOH: helped save his burning B-17 by urinating on the fire, drove off waves of German fighters & saved the lives of 6 crew members
Maynard Harrison “Snuffy” Smith was such a screw-up, he joined the US Army to avoid jail. He earned the nickname, “Snuffy Smith,” because no one…
Australia’s Second World War’s Deadliest Aircraft Crash Remembered
It is hard to accept that during history’s most horrifying war, the deadliest aircraft crash was not caused by enemy fire. Killing 4 crewmembers and…
Nazi propaganda copyright ends
[Via] German copyright law is keeping the reprinting of Hitler’s and other leading Nazi party members’ writings off the bookshelves and restricts it to a…
‘Mephisto’ – A Beloved WW1 Tank Giftwrapped for AWM
[Via] Most of us would probably complain while wrapping a birthday present, imagine one day at work you are told to wrap a First World…
Bloody Siege – the battle of Dien Bien Phu
French troops seeking cover in trenches The First Indo-China war broke out shortly after the end of the Second World War and lasted until 1954. …
World War One German U-8 propeller returned to Germany
The propeller from the first German U-Boat to have been sunk by the British during World War One has been returned to the German Navy…
Former German POW Camp to be transformed into A Tourist Attraction
[Via] Constructed in 1939, the Cultybraggan Camp near Comrie in Perthshire, Scotland was built to house a large number of German Prisoners of War during and…
Bear Grylls’ Grandfather was a Nazi Hunter in WWII
It has been revealed that Bear Grylls granddad was commissioned with a secret mission by the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill himself. During the war…