What Happened To the French Undersea Cruiser Surcouf? Bermuda Triangle, Sunk by Friendly Fire or Rammed?
The mystery of how the record breaking French submarine Surcouf sunk has been debated since the day it disappeared in the Pacific, near Tahiti. Was…
Camouflage Netting: ‘Making’ Factories into Towns – Bet You Haven’t Seen A Lot of These Before?! We Haven’t!
In February 1942 the United States Navy Monitors had been tracking a Japanese submarine lurking on the outskirts of San Francisco. Several nights after this,…
The Horrific Nazi Gas Vans – The Mobile Gas Chambers
The Nazis began experimenting with poison gas for the purpose of mass murder in late 1939 with the killing of mental patients (“euthanasia”). A Nazi…
Nazi Gold Train – Live Updates! The Train Could Be Mined, There Could Be Billions in Gold,
Editors note: These are the Gold Train updates up to March 2016 In December 2015, the press conference denounced the claims of a Nazi Gold…
Two Tigers By Tom Marshall
Photos of a father and son, taken 30 years apart. Arthur James Langran served with the Leicestershire Regiment during the First World War and his…
At Sea In a Lifeboat – After the Sinking of the SS Athenia – By Tom Sanger
Survivors in one of Athenia ’s lifeboats alongside City of Flint Few passengers on a cruise ship nowadays ever give much thought to escaping the ship…
Flying the Me 262 – Amazing Footage Of The Only Flyable Nazi Jet Fighter
There are very few aircraft in the history of aviation as unique and innovative as the Messerschmitt Me 262. This was created out of desperation.…
ON THIS DAY! Paris Liberated By The Free French Forces, August 25th 1944
Image Courtesy of Wikipedia After the Allied Forces landed in Normandy and finally penetrated the German lines, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, American General Dwight…
Why Did the French Army Collapse So Quickly? – Omnibooks Magazine, 1942
This article from Omnibooks Magazine, published in 1942, looks back on the fall of France Q. Why did France fall? A. Because the French people…
Tiger`s reputation may be in need of a rewrite
“To a New Yorker like you, a hero is a weird type of sandwich, not some nut who takes on three Tigers.” The line is…
Pictures: Life and Death of the German Heavy Cruiser Admiral Graf Spee
The Admiral Graf Spee was a notorious heavy cruiser in the Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine during World War II. The ship was built at the Reichsmarinewerft…
Top 5 Facts About The M1 Garand
The M1 Garand rifle is a 0.30 caliber semi-automatic US rifle designed in 1928 by Canadian-American firearms designer John Garand. It was in service as…