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‘White Feather’ – America’s Vietnam War Sniper

Ian Harvey
America’s Vietnam War Sniper

Carlos Hathcock wore a white feather in his bush hat as he “wormed” his way through the jungle, following North Vietnam Army personnel during the…

How Spying Devices Supported the War Effort

Ian Harvey
spying devices

During the war, spies and soldiers needed to conceal all kinds of objects and messages in order to evade the enemy.  Normal, everyday items became…

World War Two Soviet Tank Models Rebuilt by Red Army Veteran

Ian Harvey
Red Army Veteran

A World War Two and Red Army veteran has been spending his retirement building real, life-sized models of the Soviet’s World War Two tanks.  Vyacheslav…

Japan’s World War Two Live Human Experiments Revealed

Ian Harvey
Live Human Experiments

The Nazi are not the only culprits who performed live human experiments and experimented with biological warfare during World War Two.  Lately more and more…

DEATH OF THE LEAPING HORSEMEN – Review by Chris Buckham

The surrender of the German 6th Army following the battle of Stalingrad marked not only the end of the myth of German invincibility but also…

If you go to the Tank Museum, Bovington go & look at the JAGDTIGER!

Without doubt the most powerful tracked combat weapons to see service in WW2 were the Jagdtiger self-propelled guns, based upon the Tiger II tank. They…

Extraordinary story: German & British air crew shoot each other down, then meet to help each other survive

Colin Fraser

Into the White was a 2012 Norwegian film loosely based on real events from World War II’s Norwegian Campaign, when the Allies tried to keep the…

Historian Dan Snow to Hold Free WWI Talk at The King’s School

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The King’s School administration is inviting everyone, especially students and school staff, to a free lecture on the WWI centenary and school commemorations by well-known…

35 images of the WWII exhibition of Nazi war trophies in Gorky Park but we need your help…

Jack Beckett

  Now we need your help to caption these images. We know most of them but happy to throw it out to you guys too.…

Goodbye, USS Arizona’s Oldest Living Crew Member Joseph Langdell!

Yuba City, California – Battleship USS Arizona’s oldest living crew member and is tallied to be the last surviving officer of the naval ship which lost about 1,177 men during…

Bet You Didn’t Know…[Little Known Curious Facts about WWII]

Bet you didn’t know… Here’s a list of little known curious facts about the Second World War. Why not read and find out how much…

Last of the German Troops to Surrender – May 13th 1945

Ian Harvey
Nazi Troops

Generaloberst Alfred Jodl, commander of Germany’s Wehrmacht, signed the surrender agreement with Allied forces on 7th May, 1945. The agreement declared that all Nazi troops…