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75 years on and New Zealand honours its HMS Achilles veterans

Ian Harvey
New Zealand

At the very beginning of World War II, New Zealand became the first Allied naval force to attack the German Navy head on. Today, the…

CWHM Lancaster bomber’s borrowed engine returns to U.K.

Ian Harvey

  Two functioning Canadian bombers including the Hamilton Lancaster spent six weeks over the summer on a tour of the UK. During the tour, one…

Irish RAF pilot and hero dies aged 98

Ian Harvey
Irish RAF pilot

Irish RAF pilot and hero, Terry Bulloch, known for sinking more Nazi submarines than any other pilot during World War Two has died aged 98.…

Detroit veteran pilot reunited with his World War Two B-26

Ian Harvey
B-26

The Fantasy of Flight Museum in Polk City, Florida hosted World War Two veteran Barney Wasowicz in November to reunite him with his Martin B-26…

Cold War tank returned to former glory on Kent roundabout

Ian Harvey
Cold War tank

The tank was originally placed on the roundabout as a memorial to the British Armed Services, which are based nearby. The British Army Reserve Centre…

Military Museum commemorates Battle of the Bulge 70th anniversary with veterans

Ian Harvey
Military Museum

Iowa Gold Star Military Museum at the Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center has held an observance to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of…

31 images you may not have seen before of Tigers 1’s & King Tigers!

Jack Beckett

Tiger I The Tiger Tank was without a doubt the tank which was most feared by the Allied forces during the Second World War. The…

Centenary of Falkland Islands naval victory remembered

Ian Harvey
naval victory

The Battle of Jutland was the naval battle between the British and Germans in 1914, during World War One and was a crucial naval victory…

MUST READ: 70 years ago today – 2000 bomber aircraft & almost 1000 fighters assembled in the skies over Eastern England by Clive Stevens

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The December 24th 1944 mission for the East Anglian based American Eighth Air Force was the largest Air Striking Force the world has ever seen…

25 mind blowing colourised images of WWII

Jack Beckett

We are used to viewing the war in black and white. So when you get to see colourised images it brings the war to us…

Costa Rica remembers its own WWII internment camp

Ian Harvey
internment camp

Costa Rica wasn’t a high profile player among the World War Two participants, however it still had a role to play mainly due to the…

French troops satisfied in all departments during World War One

Ian Harvey
French troops

A little talked about subject, but during World War One historians have now revealed that French troops were not only watered, fed and armed, they…