WHO-TUBE: Tiger Tank 131 ” Hand Crank Engine Start Up “
The Tiger was a formidable tank. It saw action in Russia, Tunisia, Sicily, Italy and north-west Europe (although production was limited to just 1,354 tanks)…
In Russia, World War II Is Suddenly Everywhere Again
People in Russia are still affected by the huge sacrifices made during the Second World War against the Nazi Germany 70 years ago. Since every…
When Harry Met Joy And Her Battle Of Britain Comrades
The were know as ‘The Few’ by all British people, the team formed of brave servicemen of the RAF who kept Hitler’s Luftwaffe at bay…
D-Day Survivor Is Awarded By French
The Consul General of France in Atlanta, Mr Denis Barbet will be awarding the Legion of Honor to the 14 Second World War American vets,…
Josef Stalin Still Casting Long Shadow In Sochi
His summer retreat makes it possible to imagine the kind of life Stalin was living when he was there or anywhere else in the world…
Blue Water Navy Veterans Denied Benefits from Agent Orange Exposure
There are hundreds of thousands of Vietnam veterans who believe it to be fair that they receive some sort of workers compensation because of the…
Dramatic Footage Of WW2 Bomb Raid Emerges
The footage was taken from an RAF Lancaster bomber as it was flying at low level during a Second World War raid. It emerged from…
Trademark Leather Coat Owned By Notorious Nazi Albert Speer That Inspired Herr Flick To Go Under The Hammer
The leather coat, which was found by an Allied serviceman following the end of the Second World War, came with a letter of the soldier,…
Quincy Man William Caddy: WWII Hero at Iwo Jima
What set William Caddy from the rest of the American soldiers who fought during WWII? He gave up his life for his comrades by throwing…
Joe Rosenthal and WWII’s Most Iconic Photo from 69 Years Ago
The raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima by five marines and one Navy corpsman is, perhaps, WWII’s most iconic picture as it was able…
Meeting A Veteran – By John Henry Phillips
We grow up on stories of World War 2. From being a child pretending a fallen twig is a gun, to the extra excitement when…
Czech Pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain Passes Away at 95 Years Old
In Prague, fighter pilot Miroslav Standera has passed away. Standera fled Czechoslovakia so that he could fight alongside the British and French air forces…