Memories of ‘Ambush Alf’ – a World War II veteran – are to be put into a time capsule
One of the most remarkable stories that have come out of the Second World War has been preserved for generations to come. This is the…
100 years since the first ‘Gas Attack’ – How WWI saw the death and destruction by chemical weapons
The last words from one of the first victims of a gas attack during the First World War were ‘I am falling myself’. Commander Georges…
Black Hawk Down- Never before seen footage of America’s battle in Somalia
Photo story: Original footage of the First Battle of Mogadishu (3-4 October, 1993), during which two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters were shot down by RPGs…
DIDN’T KNOW THIS!! Its existence kept secret throughout the war, the US naval base at Ulithi was for a time the world’s largest naval facility.
On March 1945, the largest convoy of US Navy ships and personnel sailed from a base in the Pacific Ocean. Where was this base? This…
Don’t miss out!!! With up to 20 actors attending the Brothers Actors Autograph Signings in Normandy
Are you in Normandy for D-Day week this year? If so, come along to one of the signing sessions by the actors. All to support…
The mystery of the missing wheel cap of ‘Enola Gay’ – B-29 that dropped Atomic bomb on Hiroshima
[Via] The iconic B-29 bomber that was used to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was named the ‘Enola Gay’. This plane was not preserved…
Prince Harry flies in a Spitfire – supporting his scholarship programme for veterans
As a gesture of support for the veterans of Britain’s wars, Prince Harry took to the skies in a ‘Spitfire’ and he seemed to be…
Biggest wartime shelter in Britain sheds light on life during the Second World War
[Via] The biggest air raid shelter in the UK gives an idea of how Britons lived during the biggest and deadliest conflict of the 20th…
Otto Carius, Famous German Panzer ace of WWII, dies at 92
One of the most respected and successful German tank aces, Otto Carius, who destroyed more than 150 tanks, died on 24th January 2015, at the…
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Plot E – Where The Dishonorable Dead from WWII are Buried
The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery is a military cemetery in northern France where American soldiers killed in the area during World War I are buried. It…
Part II of “Where did the names of tanks come from?” – From World of Tanks
World of Tanks Military Specialist, Nicholas The Chieftain Moran: Some weeks ago, I put up a few discoveries about US tank names which I had found…
Unalaska Island: Huge Number of WWII Rommel Stakes Successfully Removed
Unalaska Island – Military junk dating back to the Second World War in Unalaska Island is reduced by 7 tons after after contractors along with the…