“Destroyer of Beasts” – the ISU-152
Object 241 or ISU-152 was a Soviet heavy self-propelled artillery vehicle during the Second World War. The designation “ISU” stands for self-propelled installation, created on…
Edokko: Touching Story of Jewish Refugee in WWII Japan
A memoir from a New York Man Who Grew Up a Jewish Refugee in World War II Japan and Worked with the US Military as…
Forgotten Meat Grinder: The Battle of Hurtgen Forest WWII
It was some of the most brutal fighting of the Second World War, a grinding battle in which thousands of American and German lives were…
The Best Gun of WWII – Flak 88 in photos
The Flak 88 was a legendary WWII-era anti-air and an anti-tank gun used by Nazi Germany and their allies. The predecessor of this iconic gun…
Unique Cache of Antique Weapons Discovered in Canal
This is the astonishing moment a cache of guns was pulled out of a canal by a family of magnet-fishers. The Price family couldn’t believe…
British Commando and WWII Hero Laid to Rest
On July 18, 2018, England’s Patrick Churchill, age 94, was honored at a funeral held at St. Mary The Virgin Church in Witney, Oxfordshire. Churchill,…
Voices of the Flemish Waffen-SS – The Final Testament of the Oostfronters
What motivated men to fight for an enemy that had invaded their own country? These are last voices of the Flemish Waffen-SS; there are very…
Youngest RAF Spitfire Pilot in Battle of Britain Passes away at 97
Geoffrey ‘Boy’ Wellum was the Second World War’s youngest Spitfire pilot. He joined the RAF at eighteen and died two weeks after his 97th birthday…
The German Extermination Conveyor at Babi Yar
On September 29, 1941, the streets of occupied Kiev were filled with thousands of women, old people and children carrying valuable things. According to the…
War Zone Zoo: Remarkable Story of the Berlin Zoo in WW2
May 1945. The war in Europe has come to an end. Bombardments by the Allies and house-to-house combat between the German Wehrmacht and the Russian…
82nd Airborne Vet that Made Four Combat Jumps in WWII – Passes Away
There were less than 3,000 paratroopers who jumped into combat four times with the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. After 1st Sgt. Harold…
The Famous Messerschmitt Bf109 – Facts You May Not Know
The most famous German fighter plane of the Second World War, the Messerschmitt Bf109 played a hugely important part in that conflict. First Flight The…