World War 2 | War History

Tommy Prince, Native Canadian, Was So Quiet, Sometimes In Stead Of Killing Germans He Would Steal Something From Them

Tommy Prince was born on October 15th, 1915, in Scanterbury Manitoba Canada in a family of eleven siblings. He left school at an early age…

Volunteer Body Hunters in Search of Russia’s WWII Fallen

Russia’s volunteer body hunters — individuals who are willing to devout their time and effort to scouring previous WWII battlefields to look for the remains…

Germany Finally Removes Nazi Laws from its Legal Code

Like many other aspects of the German society, Nazis paid special heed towards the justice system to compliment their evil motives.  Adolf Hitler authorized a…

10 Most Deadly Snipers of WWII

Images Used (Clockwise from top left): (1) Soviet Union had over 2,000 women snipers operating in 1943 during WWII. One of them, Lieutenant Lyudmila Pavlichenko…

Chilling Footage Of A B-17 Going Down

As you’ll see in this historical footage, a B-17 squadron gets attacked by Nazi fighters. Though tough to watch, the audio from the intercom (voiced…

31 Images of Rommel & Some You Wouldn’t Have Seen Before?

Erwin Rommel, the man who was to become one of the greatest and most honoured of generals both by his enemies and his friend, was…

Did You Know “Kilroy was Here” Can Be Found On National WWII Memorial In Washington?

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…

Brecourt Manor – The Famous Band of Brothers battle – From the Air!

The famous attack on the German Artillery Guns at the Brécourt Manor by Easy Company was immortalized in the series Band of Brothers. Now, see the whole location…

Used His Last Moments In a Burning B-24 To Sink a U-Boat – Rescued German Captain Recommended Him For a VC

Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg was awarded a Victoria Cross for destroying a German submarine in WWII. The only reason we know of his heroic deed…

“Mad Major” Carpenter Attached 6 Bazookas To His Artillery Spotter Plane And Went Tank Hunting

Even the German infantry troops would fire at Carpenter with rifles and pistols trying to down “The Mad Major”. Charles Carpenter enlisted in the US…

Malta: The Island Nation that Defied the Fuhrer

Jeff Edwards

The George Cross remains one of the highest military honors that can be given in the United Kingdom.  Second only to the Victoria Cross, it…

The Mysterious Disappearance Of The French WW2 Submarine Surcouf

The mystery of how the record-breaking French submarine Surcouf sunk has been debated since the day it disappeared in the Pacific, near Tahiti. Were she…