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The story of B-29 “KEE BIRD” FROZEN FOR 50 YEARS

Jack Beckett

ForcThe US Air es B-29-95-BW Kee Bird was a Superfortress class aircraft. This craft belonged to the 46th Reconnaissance Squadron. This craft was stranded following…

Top 5 Picks of WW2 Collectable Deactivated Sniper Rifles

Guest Author

THE SNIPER HAS lurked in the shadows of war for over two centuries evolving from paid assassin to the most highly trained of infantryman during…

Tank of the week: America’s answer to the Tiger, M26 Tank Heavy Pershing

As the Second World War was coming to its end, the technologies on the battlefields of Europe were becoming more and more complex. The tank…

The Most Prolific Rifle of WWII: The M1 Carbine

Ian Harvey

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

Jack Beckett

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

Jack Beckett

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,…

What’s the origin of “Kilroy was here”?

A little comic relief really does work to calm the nerves and reduce tension. A welcome and a nod can make a new and frightening…

The Lebensborn project was one of most secret and terrifying Nazi projects

Ian Harvey

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…