IWO JIMA’S TWO FLAGS AND 26,000 CASUALTIES by Richard Brook
A big welcome to our new contributor – Richard Brook and this is one of his articles from his great www.richardmbrook.com. Lead image by Adam…
Hitler’s Mein Kampf to be published once again in Germany
German authorities have given the go-ahead for Hitler’s Nazi manifesto, Mein Kampf, to be once again re-published from 2016 onwards. The decision has come under…
GARDENS OF HELL – Review by Mark Barnes
I am not going to be smug about anything to do with Gallipoli. I visited the battlefield for the first time last September and had…
Aircraft storage yard in Arizona desert
Thousands of out-of-service aircraft are flown to the Tucson desert in Arizona to be stored or dismantled for scrap at the US government’s aircraft storage…
World of Tanks Generals Closed Beta Commences Today
Players enlisted for this new free-to-play game can now put their skills to the test. Wargaming today announced that the World of Tanks Generals Closed…
Four Aussie WWII Vets Receive Highest Military Honor from France
February 25, 2015 – Four Aussie WWII vets were given the highest French military honor – the Légion d’honneur – in a ceremony that took place in the French Embassy…
Cold War-era airborne command center to be restored
The Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland, Nebraska, is restoring one of the ‘Looking Glass’ aircraft, which were used during the Cold War as…
1000-Pound WWII Bomb Detonated Off Coast of Whitley Bay
https://www.youtube.com/v/OrLS2Kx-AdI Divers from the Royal Navy detonated a 1000-pound WWII bomb underwater about one-and-a-half miles off the coast of Whitley Bay Thursday, February 26. According to reports, the 1000-pound…
War Medals of the D-Day “Great Escaper” Bernard Jordan Up for Auction
The war medals worn by “Great Escaper” Bernard Jordan when he fled his carers so he could attend D-Day Landings’ 75th anniversary last year are to…
A FRENCH SOLDIER’S WAR DIARY 1914 – 1918 – Review by Wayne Osborne
A war diary by a French railwayman; this is a rare bird indeed. Although Henri Barbusse’s Under Fire and Anthony Clayton’s Paths of Glory spring…
Some of the most iconic Finnish photos from the battles of 1944 on the Karelian Isthmus by Bair Irincheev
The 30th Guards Tank Brigade (T-34-76 tanks) of Leningrad Front with attached heavy armour (SU-152 and JS-2 tanks) attacked Finnish positions in Ihantala Village…
The Great Patriotic War 1941 – 1945 – Pictures from the Russian Archives
A selection of pictures from the Russian Archives Ria Novosti about what, the Russians call, the Great Patriotic War. Known in the west as the…