URGENT: 3 Churchill tanks to be scrapped if not sold
A UK Cromwell tank owner has reported: that 3 Churchill tanks from the Haltern range in Germany are to be cut up in the next week if…
Cold war hospital bunker open for tours
Cold War relics dot European, Russian and American landscapes, but none more so than a German surviving hospital bunker that had been created to use…
Liverpool teenager turned 16 and survived Nazi U-Boat attack on same day
[Via] A Liverpool local teenager is the only known person to have had a 16th birthday aboard a supply ship that was bombed by a…
Chinese war veteran finds bullet in stomach after 70 years
[Via] A Chinese war veteran has discovered that still has a bullet lodged in his stomach after 60 years. Duan Zhicai, who is now 94,…
10 of the most feared weapons of WWII?
During World War II the Allies and Axis powers raced with each other to produce the most devastating and terrifying weapons. Many of them gave…
Brecourt Manor – The Famous Band of Brothers battle – From the Air!
The famous attack on the German Artillery Guns at the Brécourt Manor by Easy Company was immortalized in the series Band of Brothers. Now, see the whole location…
One of those ‘So crazy it can’t be true’ stories about the quirks of war, by World of Tanks
Stinky and the Emergency Part 1 Wouldn’t it have been a terrible thing if, in the middle of WW2, the people responsible for training and…
Nephew finds Halifax bomber grave of lost airman, ends WW2 family mystery
[Via] A London-based family has finally discovered the truth about the husband and father who was killed during a bombing raid over Germany during World…
Battle of Waterloo commemorative coin criticised by France
The Battle of Waterloo took place 200 years ago and with an array of commemoration events and activities this year Belgium has decided to launch…
Nuts – The Siege of Bastogne
The Ardennes Offensive was a last ditch attempt by the German army to halt the Allied advance across western Europe. The plan called for a…
Europe and the American Civil War
[Via] When America underwent the crisis of secession in the 1860s, the democratic way of life and anti-slavery movement came under intense threat. Old World…
Last German Dornier 17 recovered from sea bed
[Via] The last remaining German Luftwaffe Dornier 17 bomber aircraft is being restored after 70 years of being hidden away. The bomber had crash landed in…