The Wirraway Story – Australia’s First Warplane
As war loomed in Europe with the growing menace of Nazi Germany there was also an awareness of a Nationalist Japan intent on expanding its…
World War Two Veteran Receives Act of Kindness When A Stranger Pays His Groceries To Thank Him
A World War Two veteran had his groceries paid for him pay a grateful stranger. Eight nine year old Fred Mayhew from Hampden, Maine said…
Band of Brothers Actors Reunion 2015
On June 5 and 6, 2015 I [Jim Martin] attended the Band of Brothers Actors Reunion in Normandy. On June 5 at the Omaha…
Did You Know The Nazi’s Needed Almost 1 Million Soldiers To Fight Partisans in Yugoslavia? – By Edin Hardauš
The National Liberation War in Yugoslavia lasted from July 1941 until May 15th 1945. During this period, the Axis forces engaged a massive number of soldiers…
Major Cain, The One Man Tank Destroyer Who Received a VC At Arnhem
Major Robert Cain was awarded the Victoria Cross in the battle for Arnhem. He was the sole recipient, out of the five Victoria Crosses awarded during…
The Horten 229 V3 “Flying Wing” 15 images – have you seen all of these before??
The Horten Ho 229 is generally known by a few unique names. The plane was called the H.IX, by the Horten Brothers. The identity Ho…
Firing The Pak 40, Most Powerful Anti-Tank Gun of WWII
The 75 millimeter Pak 40 anti-tank gun was a German anti-tank gun developed during WWII from 1939-1941. PAK is the abbreviation for “Panzerabwehrkanone.” Initially, the…
First UK SAS Soldier To Land In France On D-Day Has Died
The first UK soldier to put his feet on French soil during the D-Day landings has died at the age of 95. Lieutenant Norman Poole…
The Biggest War Machines Ever Built – Mighty Monsters of the Seas…Check Out the Size of the Guns Too!
From the Dreadnoughts to the battleships of WWII – naval power ruled the waves. Amazing designs and revolutions were abound and you can see this…
The Lost Airfields of the Americans in the North Pacific
Scores of abandoned airfields and other military establishments sit atop small atolls littering the North Pacific Ocean. These edifices were built by the Americans and…
Operation Market Garden – September 22nd, 1944
A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Oosterbeek Men of “C” Company, the 1st Border, on the Van Lennepweg, 21st…
The situation in Normandy – the German Perspective by World of Tanks
The article at hand will not bring the classical overview of the Normandy landings from the Allied perspective as is often done. On the contrary,…