The Most Prolific Rifle of WWII: The M1 Carbine
The most used gun by US forces during World War Two was the M1 Carbine. Made from 1942 to 1945 the M1 Carbine was provided…
Exclusive from excerpt author Alex Kershaw – THE FEW AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Their Finest Hour “You catch him right smack in the middle of your sights and give him a complete burst. The Brownings go to work,…
Douglas Haig – butcher or hero? By Rupert Colley
Douglas Haig, Britain’s First World War commander-in-chief from December 1915 to the end of the war, is remembered as the archetypal ‘donkey’ leading ‘lions’ to…
Bringing the story of Witold Pilecki, Polish hero who volunteered to go INTO Auschwitz, to America
Inmate 4859. The Death Camp Volunteer – Beyond Bravery Thus, I am expected to describe bare facts only, as my colleagues want it. It was…
Create your own WWII Style Propaganda Poster Online
We are proud to bring you the Keep Calm-o-matic. Just enter the pithy saying of your choice, choose a few simple options, and before you…
Camouflage California: Hiding Air Bases, Factories and Plants in WWII
In February 1942 the United States Navy Monitors had been tracking a Japanese submarine lurking on the outskirts of San Francisco. Several nights after this,…
The Lebensborn project was one of most secret and terrifying Nazi projects
During World War Two around 12,000 blue-eyed, blond children were kidnapped by the Nazi’s elite security service, the SS. The children were kidnapped as part…
10 Little Known Facts about D-Day
Here are the numbers that tell you everything you need to know about D-Day. 2 Mulberry Harbours: A raid on Dieppe had taught the British…
Jim “Pee Wee” Martin 3/506 101st Airborne thoughts on Band of Brothers episode 6 “Bastogne”
A few remarks about Episode #6 “Bastogne” of the “Band of Brothers” series. Bastogne…Bastogne…Bastogne. How could I have ever imagined as a young boy growing…
A World War II mystery:Why is a Navy fighter plane submerged off Miami Beach?
Randy Jordan took his boat, Emerald Diver, out in the middle of December, 2010. The weather was good, and the visibility was good underwater, so…
August Landmesser, shipyard worker in Hamburg, refused to perform Nazi salute
His gesture remains engraved in the minds of people around the world, yet August Landmesser’s name is not widely known. He is the man in the iconic…