The Heroic German Officer Who Gave His Life Trying to Save an American in a Minefield
October 7, 1994, saw a strange sight over the Hürtgen War Cemetery in Hürtgen, Germany. The cemetery is the final home of 3001 bodies –…
The sniper who managed to kill an enemy with a half-mile sniper shot which curved 56 feet (17 m.) in the air before hitting the target
Corporal Matt Hughes, a crack shot with the Royal Marines, was ordered to take out an Iraqi who was holding back an important advance during…
Iranian Embassy Siege and More – Top 8 SAS Operations (We Know About)
The Special Air Service (SAS) was founded by Colonel David Stirling in 1941 as a regiment of the British Army. They were originally a commando…
‘Just’ 10 Japanese Atrocities From World War II
The Japanese Army during World War II committed many crimes against humanity that were ordered by the government and high command. In the Japanese equivalent…
Mosquito: The Best Warbird of WWII – in Color. The Test Pilot is as Cool as All Test Pilots Are…
Undoubtedly the best aircraft of its time. Many will, of course, argue the point, and that’s understandable, we all have our favourites, but the De Havilland…
IN MY FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS – Review by Mark Barnes
Events in Normandy and the disaster at Arnhem tend to have a superficial effect of diverting attention away from the overall campaign of 21st Army…
Japan’s revisionists have different view of World War Two
Japan’s revisionists are a driving force behind a different version of what happened during World War Two. Slave labour, torture and sex slaves for…
Historians Find 1942 Transcript Of Hitler Ranting Against his “useless” Generals
Researchers have uncovered new transcript of one of Hitler’s rants towards his top officers. The transcript was written down in 1942 and was discovered in the archives of the…
Drawings of German Booby-traps Discovered in Britain
A set of valuable drawings and impressions of Second World War booby-traps and stealth bombs used by Germans has been discovered after almost seven decades.…
“The French American” Movie maker gets to use real WWII B-17 flying fortress
Film producer and director, Darla Rae can’t believe her luck. Darla is making a movie called The French American and has gotten her hands on…
The Hunt For America’s Missing In Action From WWII Continues
Papua New Guinea is littered with the remains of hundreds of Americans that are still missing in action (MIA) during the Second World War. It is…
British WWI Mark II Tank – Training Tanks
The seventh in a series of short films about some of the vehicles in our collection presented by The Tank Museum’s historian David Fletcher MBE.…