ARMOURED WARFARE IN THE VIETNAM WAR – Review by Mark Barnes
Not so much hot but warmishly on the heals of the magnificent RAF in the Cold War album in this series comes this equally as…
Want to see inside a U-boat?? Then look here for 42 stunning images!
German submarine U-995 was a German Type VIIC/41 U-boat of the Kriegsmarine. She was laid down on 25 November 1942 in Hamburg, Germany, and was…
Mine Craft: Old mines turned into furniture – expect they cost a bomb (See what we have done there?!)
When Russia pulled out of Estonia in the 1990s, they detonated or burned all remaining ordnance, leaving a sea of scrap in their wake. Much…
“Come and fight a Gurkha!” he yelled, lost his right hand throwing back a grenade then “single handedly” defended his post for 4 hours against 200 enemy soldiers killing 31
Never mess with a Gurkha. Not everyone knows this, but then again, many people don’t know what a Gurkha/Gorkha is. Gurkhas were a branch of…
Iwo Jima memories of a WWII veteran
A World War II veteran from Rock Hill has shared his recollections of the war, for the first time in his entire life. He never…
Lt. Col. Robert Hite of ‘Doolittle Tokyo Raiders’ dead at 95
One of the famous World War II “Dolittle Tokyo Raiders”, Lt. Col. Robert Hite, has passed away in his home in Nashville, Tennessee. He was…
D-Day veterans return to Normandy
D-Day heroes are returning to the beaches of Normandy 71 years after thousands of Allied troops descended on the French coast. One veteran, Gordon Hirons…
D-Day veteran’s special gift to a 22- year-old history buff
It is often claimed that ‘once a soldier, always a soldier’. Those who offer themselves to die for a higher cause never lose that sense…
9 Means to Hitler’s End … According to US Intelligence
Here are the 9 means to Hitler’s end . . . as envisioned by the Office of Strategic Services, a forerunner of the CIA. WWII…
PAINTING GUIDE FOR AFV OF WORLD WAR TWO AND MODERN ERA – Review by Mark Barnes
Step into the Barnes man-cave and aside for a precarious pile of books I have to review and odd bits of military junk you will…
Ten Vehicular Oddballs of WWII
Being in a war gives one license to get creative and here are the proofs — ten vehicular oddballs birthed during the Second World War…
B-17 dropping parachutists – not something you see every day!!!
A group of ten skydivers had the experience of their lifetime when they were given an opportunity to jump from the bomb bay doors of…