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
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…
Daring RAF pilot who dropped the Flag of France on occupied Paris
Images Used (From Left): (1) Alfred ‘Ken’ Gatward, the daring RAF pilot (2) Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté who devised…
Bet You Didn’t Know…[Little Known Interesting Facts about WWI]
Bet you didn’t know… Here’s a list of little known yet very interesting facts about the century-old First World War, the first conflict fought on…
Sound Mirrors – Pre-radar Early Warning System
When Kaiser Wilhelm II signed off on a bombing campaign against England on January 7, 1915, he was careful to exclude London in order to…
Cold War missile Delivered to London for New Exhibition
A Cold War missile and its launcher have been installed at the Hayward Gallery in central London as part of a new exhibition called “History…
World War Two Bullet Containing Nazi Message Found
A World War Two bullet containing a message from Nazi troops has been found on the site of a battlefield in Italy. In the late…
MUST READ: Murmansk – The Cruiser That Never Gave Up
The Murmansk was a Soviet light cruiser project no. 68-bis. It was part of the Soviet (and later, the Russian) Navy’s Northern Fleet. Construction began…
World War One Gallipoli Trench Maps Recovered
A collection of maps used during the Australian Army’s Gallipoli campaign during World War One has been recovered. The maps were originally drawn up by…
Film Project Uncovers World War Two Images
A film project that recovers images from old or lost film rolls has found photographs taken by an unknown soldier on his tour of duty…
Secret Soviet Bunker Uncovered in Hungary
One of the Soviet military’s most highly-classified bases has been uncovered in the wooded Hungarian countryside near Tótvázsony, in the western part of the country.…