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We Tend to Forget That There Was a SECOND Raid On Pearl Harbor – Operation K

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Everyone knows about the First Pearl Harbor Attack by the Japanese Imperial Navy. But few are aware of the 2nd Raid that the Japanese launched…

These 4 Massive Nazi-Built Bunkers Near Calais Are Both Frightening & Stunning

Greg Jackson

The Atlantic Wall was an extensive system of coastal defense and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental…

The Ground-Breaking Gloster Meteor – The Only Allied Jet Which Took Part Combat in World War Two

The British Gloster Meteor jet fighter entered service late in WWII. It was a ground-breaking aircraft in an era when aerial combat was changing. The…

The Commando Raids On The Norwegian Coast That Tied Up 30,000 German Soldiers

In 1941, Britain raided Nazi-occupied Norway, making use of a new and still untested force – British Commandos. The aim was to boost British morale and…

Massive Salvage Operation Refloats World War 2 Relic in Sri Lanka

Ian Harvey

The scars and ghosts of the Second World War sometimes resurface to remind us of an earlier, more savage time.  These manifest usually in the…

From The Tank Museum: German Tanks At Kursk

The attacking German forces at Kursk amassed 777,000 men and around 2500 tanks and assault guns. This was about 70 per cent of all their…

Catch Me if You Can: Franz Von Werra The Only German POW to Escape From Canada and Get Back Into the Fight

Although there is a book written about his story and a movie by the same name (The One That Got Away), most people would not…

The Amazing Artworks That Were Almost Destroyed During The Conflict Of World War II

Ian Harvey

The Munich Crisis in 1938 made Martin Davies, who worked as an assistant at the National Gallery in London, an extremely nervous man. He was…

How the US Navy Trained its Pilots in WWII – the Bar for Entry was High

With a thud and a screech, a damaged fighter plane hits the deck of an aircraft carrier. The ocean heaves in a high wind, making the…

Sudden Strike 4: European Battlefields – The Ultimate Strategy Experience Arrives On Xbox One

Value-packed special edition of Sudden Strike 4 includes DLC add-ons and exclusive maps  Kalypso Media is excited to announce that its WW2 strategy hit Sudden…

Tough Reading – A Nightmarish Place: The Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp

The Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp lies just North of Linz, in Austria. It was one of the first large concentration camps created in Nazi Germany and…

From The Tank Museum: Joe Ekins – One of the Most Famous WWII British Tank Gunners

Joe Ekins remains one of the most famous WWII British tank gunners for taking down three Tiger tanks with five shots, including that of Nazi…