Heart Warming! 101st Airborne Veteran Jim “Pee Wee” Martin Meets Damien Lewis From Band of Brothers (Watch)
During the 70th anniversary commemorations of the beginning of our campaign in Normandy, Jim Martin was fortunate to meet several of the actors involved in HBO’s…
Disney Brings Laughs to this Training Video for Allied Soldiers in WWII
America’s involvement in WWII saved its economy and many businesses with one notable exception – Walt Disney Studios. To survive, it joined the war. Since its…
Visitors Enjoy the Visit of a WWII B-25 Bomber to Twin Falls, Idaho
A World War II B-25 Mitchell Bomber was in Twin Falls, Idaho last month. It was there to honor the “Greatest Generation.” Larry Kline is…
After WW2, the Bavarian Authorities May Have Sold Looted Jewish Art on at a Profit
The Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper has printed an expose inferring that millions of dollars worth of looted Nazi art, that was entrusted to the Bavarian authorities…
Passionate Love Letter From WWII Serviceman to his Sweetheart Comes Home on Valentine’s Day
Sitting in a damp, cold foxhole or the cockpit of a plane, or the seat of a Jeep, or perhaps marching across the unrelenting desert,…
WWII Through The Eyes Of A US Combat Engineer, Never Before Published Pictures!
He had trouble finding film in the combat zones so he’d try to find some in liberated Paris when he drove to get supplies or…
8 Nazi German Inventions The US Made Use of After WWII
To the victors belong the spoils of war, and after Nazi Germany was defeated there were plenty of spoils that the Allies were after. 1.…
10 Things That Went Badly Wrong on Omaha Beach
It is widely known and accepted that the landings on Omaha Beach on D-Day were something akin to a disaster, everything that could go wrong…
We Pick Our Top 5 Best D-Day Movies!
72 years after D-Day, the successful invasion of France has been featured in countless movies, series and computer games. Because we know you don’t have time…
The Battle For Monte Cassino – A Monument To the Bravery of Ordinary German Soldiers
On the 15th February, 1944, 1400 tons of high explosives were dropped by the Allied forces advancing upon Rome, on the Benedictine monastery of Monte…
These Germans Stationed Near The North Pole Were The Last To Surrender, In September 1945
Operation Zitronella took place on 8th September 1943. Though the name might conjure up images of a campaign fought across the hot Mediterranean shores, nothing could be…
Medal of Honor – John R. Fox Sacrificed Himself by Deliberately Calling an Artillery Strike on his Own Position
John Robert Fox was an American soldier who was killed in action when he deliberately called artillery fire on his own position after his position…