Jumpers ready for D-Day parachute jump on 70th anniversary commemoration
June 2014 will mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day landings, the start of the end of the Nazi occupation over Europe. It will be the…
Murder of Great Escapers and the mission of the Blackpool police to track down their Nazi killers
The near end of The Great Escape is one of the most tragic episodes in history. Most of the prisoners who tried to flee and…
Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 2: The Engine
I spent about 9 years gathering parts for the restoration including a spare engine but I did remove the engine straight away to see just…
Royal Air Force Pays Tribute to the Fabled Great Escape
The Great Escape was something of a pyrrhic victory for the Allies, as numerous soldiers lost their lives in the attempt to escape from a…
Germany Keeps Participation in WWI Centenary to a Minimum
Speculation is rising as to the amount of regard Germany has for its fallen soldiers as the centenary of WWI is underway in other nations.…
Ferdinand Porsche and The Nazi Shadow
Everybody especially avid car enthusiasts feel giddy at the mere mention of the famous car brand Porsche. However, the legacy left by Ferdinand Porsche, the…
Relics from WWII Have Recently Been Found at Mili
It has been decades since WWII, but remnants of the struggle are still being discovered worldwide. On Mili (one of the Marshall Islands in the…
Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 1: The beginning
4000 hours later, Adrian Barrell walk us through the restoration of his Sherman M4A4 – from range wreck to world class restoration. My Sherman, M4A4…
BBC’s Newest Mini-Series, The Crimson Field, Airs in April
The newest mini-series on BBC1, The Crimson Field, takes place during the First World War and focuses on three young women who are members…
Pigeon vs Telephone: Which Worked Best In The Trenches of WWI?
The British Army believed that wireless radio and telephones would be good enough to keep the leaders on the battlefield in touch with each other…
90 Year Old Expatriate Must Return to the UK to Receive Pension
At 90 years old, a former intelligence officer from the Second World War must return to the UK from her home in Canada if she…
C-47 Dakota from WWII Returns to Site of D-Day
Whiskey 7, a Douglas C-47 transport plane from WWII, is being temporarily removed from the National Warplane Museum, set to once again unleash a storm…