Terrible Story Of A Captured Airman In The Hands Of The Japanese In World War Two
So traumatized was Flight Sergeant Bill Tate by his two years as a Japanese prisoner of war that 50 years passed before he could recount…
Incredible Story Of Jacksonville Man Who Was A Hero of the Warsaw Uprising
Stanley Rozycki was 17 and serving in the Polish Underground State when the Warsaw Uprising began on August 1, 1944. The goal of the uprising…
One of the last surviving WWII Lancaster bomber pilots has died aged 92
One of the last surviving Lancaster bomber pilots, 92-year-old Charles Cawthorn of Swindon, Wiltshire, known as Charlie Boy, died last month in the town’s Great…
Book release: The Jagged Edge of Duty by Robert L. Richardson – Read the First Chapter
On April 14, Stackpole Books, a major publisher of books related to World War II aviation and Air Force aviation history, will release “The Jagged…
33 Facts About Hitler’s Invasion of the Soviet Union
A quick look at the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany in 33 facts: 1. The invasion of the Soviet Union was the most…
Government Forced To Change War History Exhibition Name After Public Outcry
What is in a name? A lot, as the government of Singapore quickly learned on Feb. 16 with the opening of the ‘Syonan Gallery: War…
A U.S. General’s Secret Mission To Occupied Rome To Discuss The Italian Surrender
General Tylor’s diplomatic and language skills resulted in his secret mission to Rome to coordinate an 82nd Airborne para drop with Italian forces. General Dwight…
22 Incredible Images Of Crashed Luftwaffe Planes During The Battle of Britain
During the Battle of Britain, it is estimated that the Royal Air Force shot down 1887 German planes. Some planes crashed nose-first into the ground…
Krieg 1916 – A Powerful Project to Remember the Impact of War
Krieg 1916 is an ongoing project run by Hendrik Jan Vermeulen about the impact of war. The project is called Krieg because it is…
A Desperate Fight to the Death: RMS Carmania Vs. SMS Cap Trafalgar 1914
In September 1914, WWI had only just begun. Europe was plunged headlong into the greatest conflict yet seen, but a victory for either side was…
Collected Pictures of the WW2 Battle of Kursk – The Biggest Tank Battle Ever
The Battle of Kursk was a World War II engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union…
Operation Sealion: Hitler’s Doomed Plan to Invade Britain
Great Britain’s success in holding out against Nazi Germany has become the stuff of national legend. The only country in Western Europe to successfully stand…