10 Bizarre War Machines, Prototypes and Designs of WWII
Images used (Clockwise from top left): (1) A WWII SdKfz. 302 model of Goliath Tracked Mine, displayed at the Tank Museum in Munster, Germany in…
70th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge re-enactment in Belgium
Hundreds of Americans and Belgians gathered this week for a re-enactment and commemoration of the Battle of the Bulge on its 70th anniversary. 70 years…
Goodbye, WWII Spy and Explosive Experts Sonia d’Artois [1924- 2014]
Sonia d’Artois, a member of the Special Operations Executive [SOE] who parachuted into France before the D-Day to gather intelligence, help with the resistance and…
New memoir tells Battle of the Bulge veterans story
A new memoir reveals a Mississippi veteran’s experience of World War 2’s bloodiest battle for American troops, the Battle of the Bulge. The book, titled…
Top secret World War II documents show D-Day under different codename
A British Army officer who worked in Field Marshall Montgomery’s office has been found to have kept numerous top secret documents from World War II.…
HMS Victory, Britain’s Most Famous Warship, to Undergo the Biggest and Most Expensive Restoration of Its Kind
HMS Victory was first launched two and a half centuries ago and was the flagship of Admiral Lord Nelson, the vessel that led him to victory…
WWI Stories: Search is On for the Owner of the Lucky German Medal Pierced with Bullet from the Great War
The search is on for the rightful owner of the lucky German medal pierced by a bullet during the Battle of Mons in 1914. The Story…
St George’s Chapel at Biggin Hill gets support from Biggin Hill Airport
After the ministry of defence decided to stop funding the St George’s Chapel at Biggin Hill, the airport has stepped in to save the remembrance chapel…
Second World War code breaker dies at age 91
Harriet Jackson never told her family that she was a code breaker and that she actually helped to shorten the world war. She worked at…
The Christmas Truce of 1914 – When Germans entertained the British by Dressed Up in women’s clothes!
When the world was going through the most devastating war in the history of mankind in 1914, it was then that soldiers of the two biggest…
The War Film Wave Ascends Again with “Unbroken”, “Fury”
The war film wave has been in existence ever since movie makers have decided wars were a theme interesting to be portrayed on films but…
Fifteen years of Foyle’s War
Fifteen years ago, Anthony Horowitz thought about writing a detective series named The Blitz Detective. He wanted to name its main character George Ransom and…