Dogs – A Soldiers Best Friend Since Forever
New uncovered military records have revealed the numerous animals used to help the war effort during World War Two and beyond Dogs, in particular, were…
Magpie – Exploring the untold stories of World War II & PTSD
Looking at the website for ‘Magpie’, it’s hard to miss the self-proclaimed phrase ‘not just another war film’ nosediving out of the screen. I’m sure…
The Red Baron – Separating Truth From Fiction – By Ryan Clauser
During World War I a scarlet triplane terrorized the skies over France. This image is one that many people conjure when they think of…
Goodbye, Lt. Col. Elridge Williams, One of the Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen [1917-2015]
Another Tuskegee Airman, the first all-black military flying unit that came into being during WWII, passed away – Lt. Col. Elridge Williams – leaving the…
The White Death – World’s Greatest Sniper – Fast Facts!
There have been many great snipers in history and who can take the title of the greatest is a topic of debate. However, if you…
Top hand guns
Hand guns differ in size, design, performance, technology and consistency. Here are a few of the top hand guns available right now. Beretta 92FS: [Via]…
Did You Know? One of the last SS units to hold out defending Hitler’s bunker in Berlin was comprised entirely of Frenchmen
The French volunteers of the Second World War constituted an entirely separate division in the Wehrmacht, and after that the Waffen-SS which consisted of…
Airborne Aircraft Carriers of the early 1950’s by Hans Wiesman
B-29 Super Fortress coupled to two EF-84 D’s with wing tips connected to each other in flight. During WWII, the flight range of the USAF…
Bodies of 200 Napoleonic Troops Discovered in Germany
Napoleon’s retreat by Vasily Vereshchagin The bodies of some 200 soldiers from the Napoleonic army have been unearthed from a mass grave found near the…
Everything You Want to Know About Tanks Layout by World of Tanks
Even the most complicated things can be explained in simple words. In the first episode of “The Nuts and Bolts of Tanks” series, we…
World War Two 101st Airborne Veteran Carl Beck Dies
On 6th June this year, the 71st anniversary of the D-Day landings, World War Two Atlanta veteran Carl Dean Beck died after a fall at…
WWII Metal Detecting – German Waffen SS – Traces of War on the Eastern Front (HD)
Team WWIIMD visited last year the former battlefields of the eastern front looking for traces of war, where heavy fighting took place in 1945. In…