Victoria Cross: Took on 20 Taliban fighters, dodged “raking” machine fire to rescue a stricken US Marine
For saving the life of a US Marine, Briton Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey became the first living soldier to win the Victoria Cross for his…
Milne Bay – The first Japanese Land Defeat of the Second World War
Reprinted with permission from Australian Bunker and Military Museum Milne Bay is located on the south-eastern tip of Papua. Before World War II, most of the area’s…
BEAUTIFUL BUT DEADLY! The Fresh Faced Young Girls That Fought For Stalin
Soviet women played a major role in World War II on the Eastern Front. While most women worked in the industry, agriculture, transport, and other…
Dirlewanger: A Violent Alcoholic, Sadist & War Criminal – Was Kicked to Death by His Guards
The notorious 36th Waffen Grenadier Divison of the SS earned its horrible reputation mostly on the Eastern Front where they freely conducted numerous war crimes…
The Friendly Invasion Returns to Suffolk: Welcoming Home Two Men of The Mighty Eighth
Often, my father frustratingly reflects on his 17 year stint in the office of a sugar beet factory through the realisation that almost every man…
25 mind blowing colourised images of WWII – Check Out LCT 325 in Action – She is Now Preserved
We are used to viewing the war in black and white. So when you get to see colourised images it brings the war to us…
Oh Yes! Inside the Maus – Has a Massive 44 Litre Engine – by World of Tanks
Maus (“Mouse”) was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in late 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armoured fighting vehicle ever built.…
5 Insanely Creepy Stories of The World Wars
Undoubtedly war is an ugly business, but at times war forces humans to cross the boundaries of humanity and come up with ideas that could put the…
Operation Veritable – Armour & Special Equipment by World of Tanks
“It was Spandau vs Bren the whole way through” No matter how much I would like to detail the battle and planning of Operation Veritable…
The Biggest War Machines Ever Built – Mighty Monsters of the Seas…Check Out the Size of the Guns Too!
From the Dreadnoughts to the battleships of WWII – naval power ruled the waves. Amazing designs and revolutions were abound and you can see this…
The situation in Normandy – the German Perspective by World of Tanks
The article at hand will not bring the classical overview of the Normandy landings from the Allied perspective as is often done. On the contrary,…
Wolf Pack – The Battle of the Atlantic
U-52 Silver streaks on the dark water. Terrifying explosions ripping across the night sky. Silent marauders slipping away and a few hundred thousand tonnes of…