When Four Prisoners Escaped From Auschwitz In The Kommander’s Car
In 1942, four Polish prisoners at Auschwitz had had enough. They wanted to escape, but if they did (regardless of whether or not they succeeded),…
101st Airborne – Siege Of Bastogne – The Aid Station Massacre (Watch)
Battlefield guide Reg Jans talks about the murder of between eight and 15 wounded Americans in an aid station in the village of Foy near…
Tiger Tank 131 Hand Cranking Engine Start Up (Watch)
The Tiger was a formidable machine. It saw action in Russia, Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, and northwest Europe (although production was limited to just 1,354 tanks)…
Porsche 9ff Sports Car Faces Off Against Leopard 2 tank – Boys And Their Toys (Watch)
Can you imagine – A sports car versus a battle tank! These German vehicle enthusiasts put their favorite pieces of equipment through their paces. Which…
American WWII Veteran Gets To Ride In A B-29
Ed Gray, 98, is a World War II veteran from Dallas who served as a fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater. He was a First…
WWII Veteran Receives Medals 75 Year After He Earned Them
Harold Curry is a 95-year-old WWII veteran. He recently received the medals he earned 75 years ago. He wasn’t even aware he was supposed to…
Creator of Much-Loved Show “Dad’s Army” Passes Away Aged 93
Jimmy Perry, a beloved British writer who created Dad’s Army together with the producer David Croft, has died at age 93 following a short illness. The…
First British Flag Raised At Sword Beach Up For Auction
If only the first British flag raised at Sword Beach during D-Day could talk. What stories it could tell. The 2ft by 4ft flag has…
Polish-American Historian Under Investigation For Allegedly Insulting Poland
Princeton Professor Jan Tomasz Gross is a Polish-American scholar who has claimed that Poland killed more Jews than the Germans in World War II. Poland’s…
New Animated Film Deals With The Battle Of Gallipoli – But Not All Reviewers Are Impressed
Some critical reviews of the documentary 25 April, a docu-drama examining the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 have emerged. Gallipoli was a disaster for the Australian…
Underground Warfare: Great Military Mines From Ancient Times To World War One
Since ancient times, armies have dug mines beneath the defenses of enemy fortresses and cities. Some have been staggering feats of engineering, some examples of…
Tank Profile – The British Cromwell Tank – Speedy, Reliable, And Powerful
Perhaps the most balanced British tank that came out of the Second World War, the Cromwell, named after the English Civil War leader Oliver Cromwell,…