US Navy Commissions Newest Destroyer the USS Delbert D. Black
USS Delbert D. Black is the newest destroyer in the US Navy and officially began service on September 26, 2020. It required more than a…
Being a WWII Historian WW2TV Show – October 12th
In 2016, in a Guardian article titled ‘Big Books by Blokes about Battles – Why is History Still Written Mainly By Men?”, Sir Antony Beevor…
Haynes salutes British and Commonwealth Infantrymen with poignant manual ahead of Remembrance Sunday
Haynes is this month commemorating the British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought in the Second World War by releasing the British Infantryman Operations Manual. The manual,…
Midway: Six Minutes of Fury
It was just after 10 AM, June 4, 1942 over Midway, and Air Group Commander C. Wade McClusky Jr. had a tough decision on his…
Defy The Covid Gloom With Four Books From Pen & Sword Stable – Review by Mark Barnes
Our reviewer sorts out the mess in his ‘to do’ pile after a difficult few months. [Where were we? Oh yes, I remember; I review…
Sold to One of the World’s Largest Private Collectors – Kevin Wheatcroft
Back in the 1960s, MGM made a film entitled “The Yellow Rolls Royce”. With an all-star cast it charted the life of a primrose yellow…
Transformers Roll Into World Of Warships and World Of Warships: Legends
Starting today, iconic Transformers characters will roll out in World of Warships and World of Warships: Legends as part of an exclusive time-limited collaboration between…
British-Canadian D-Day Veteran Who Took Surrender of Wehrmacht Giant Dead at 97
Corporal Eldon Bob Roberts was only 5ft 3in, but he stood tall in his army boots and was the second man to set foot on…
Medals and Destroyed Helmet of WWII Hero Sold at Auction
WWII hero Group Captain Arthur Donaldson was a Spitfire ace in the 263 Squadron during World War II. He famously survived being hit in the…
Auschwitz Survivor Sees Herself on rare Footage Taken 75 Years Ago
Lily Ebert, aged 96, a survivor of the death camp at Auschwitz, has been astounded to see herself in rare film footage taken when former…
Spilve Airport Riga A Rare Stalin Insight
Spilve Airport Riga in Latvia offers a perfect pairing of two Soviet military aviation and tourist attractions for visitors. Easily reachable from the city centre…
Over 7 Decades Later, 1 Million Japanese Soldiers Still Missing
World War II ended over 75 years ago, but still, over one million Japanese soldiers are unaccounted for. Their remains are scattered from Russia, China,…