Operation Crossroads – The Nuclear Weapons Test on Bikini Atoll
Between the years of 1946 and 1958, a nuclear testing program was put in place by the United States in Bikini Atoll (part of the…
LOOK AT THESE!! Mind blowing colourised images of WWII!!
Many thanks go to Doug Banks and his team – the masters of colourisation. The beauty of these colourised images is that colour, allows you…
The Dogs of the Great War: Discovering their Secret History
The adage “Dogs are men’s best friends” can be seen throughout history, even during the world’s two major conflicts. Even during the First World War, dogs acted…
Secret Nazi files reveal V-2 rocket tests on German people
Secret Nazi records reveal how Hitler tested the V-2 rocket on his own German people. The secret records were filed as highly classified SS documents and…
D-Day landing craft designer to be commemorated in Normandy
A petition has been launched for a permanent memorial for a World War Two boat designer to be built on Utah Beach in Normandy, France…
A Great Italian Invention: Sheep with Parachutes!
The Italians and the ‘raining’ of sheep during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. The Italian’s love of fresh food is a common knowledge. However, we might…
The search for 2 German Fighters That Crashed During Operation Bodenplatte – By Marcel Hermes
The search for two crashed German fighters, shot down over Veghel (Netherlands) on January 1st. 1945. Operation Bodenplatte On new years day 1945 the German Luftwaffe…
The Strangest Images of World War I
A random collection of some of the strangest images we could find from Word War I. It features men, vehicles, weapons and moments! Trench Vehicle?…
War-torn Warbirds: Haunting Images of B-24 Liberators
The B-24 Liberator was, together with the B-17, the workhorse of the United States Army Airforces who used it in every theater of operations. It…
New exhibition launched at the National World War Two Museum in New Orleans
A new exhibition is opened at the National World War Two Museum in New Orleans. The exhibition’s main attraction is a new feature film called,…
D-Day dog tag returned to US Army soldier’s widow
Seventy years since Allied troops landed on France’s Normandy beaches to attack the occupying German forces, a dog tag has been found buried in the…
British prisoner of war camps revisited around the UK
Much is written about Allied prisoners of war held in Germany and Nazi-occupied countries during World War Two. But little is discussed about the German…