Churchills Toyshop: The Bowl of Porridge & a Condom Full of Aniseed Balls That Sank Japanese Ships
When World War Two started in 1939, the British Army was significantly behind their German counterparts. Their tactics and especially their armament and equipment were…
Knights of the Desert: The Myth Behind the Deutsche Afrika Korps
On November 2, 1942, British and Commonwealth troops broke through the German lines, heralding a climactic moment in the Second Battle of El Alamein. Heroic…
Remy Van Lierde: The WWII Air Ace Whose Helicopter Was Attacked By the World’s Largest Snake
Col. Remy Van Lierde would be worth studying for his incredible military exploits alone – the fact he claimed later in life to have encountered…
The Fuhrer: The Opposite of the Super-Human He Longed For
One of the cornerstones of German Nazi mythos was the idea of the Übermensch – a superior human being who was a model of physical…
Saving Private Ryan Back in Theatres for D-Day 2019
There are plenty of unique activities going on in Britain, France, and all over the world to commemorate the upcoming 75th anniversary of D-Day on…
Oskar Schindler Letter Among WWII Memorabilia to be Auctioned in April
There is also an extremely rare letter from industrialist Oskar Schindler, the man who put his own life at risk by rescuing hundreds of Jews…
The Battle of Stalingrad in 30 Photos
The battle commenced in August 1942 and finally ended in February 1943 when the last of the German forces surrendered. Hailed as the single largest…
Amazing Photographs of WWII-era Submarine Pens
For the construction of the pens in Hamburg (designated as the Elbe I and Elbe II) some 1,700 prisoners were used as forced labor. While…
Notre Dame, Charles de Gaulle and the Liberation of Paris
Barring destroying or capturing German troops near or in the capital, “Ike” hoped the Germans would retreat beyond the City of Light and leave the…
Rehearsal for D-Day: Operation Tiger – The Disaster At Slapton Sands
A final, deadly dress rehearsal for D-Day shocked Allied planners to the core. Confidence was vital to success in such a risky operation as the…
Baron Jean De Selys Longchamps & The “Forbidden” Attack On Gestapo HQ
It was January 20, 1943, when the people of Brussels saw the German occupying forces getting their due reward at the hands of a Hawker…
Amazing Innovation or Billion Dollar Blunder? The Norden Bombsight
The United States went “all in” on the Norden bombsight before the Second World War, subsequently doubling down on it and its variations during the…