ARTICLE: The Battle of Moerbrugge – Part 3
Moerbrugge: “A Crossing of Opportunity”: As we have seen, the German resistance in Moerbrugge was thought by 4th Canadian Armoured Divisional HQ to have been…
Article: 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment and the Tetrarch by Peter Brown
6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment and the Tetrarch by Peter Brown Flying tanks onto the battlefield is not something which has happened every day though…
ARTICLE: The second in a Series of WWII Medal Identification by Scott Addington
Campaign Awards for the Second World War (1939-1945) General service within the British and Commonwealth armed forces during the Second World War was rewarded by…
World War II movie ‘Unbroken’ is all set to be directed by Angelina Jolie in Australia
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Angelina Jolie in Sydney with her children scouting locations for ‘Unbroken’ (2) Louis Zamperini in recent time (3)…
Jeremy Paxman Calls The Showing of ‘Blackadder’ to Teach Students About WWI, “Plain Stupid”
Journalist and broadcaster, Jeremy Paxman, calls the teaching of World War 1 by showing episodes of Blackadder Goes Forth “plain stupid”. When he spoke at…
End of Beginning at the Battle of the Marne AKA Miracle of the Marne
Photo story (Clockwise from top): (1) In 1914, French troops positioned in a ditch during WWI (2) One of the Taxi cabs of Marne (3) 600…
New F-35 built in honor of WWII P-38 pilots
Officials of Lockheed Martin unveiled their newly assembled F-35 Lightning II at Fort Worth October 4 this year to honor the World War II veterans…
ARTICLE: The Battle of Moerbrugge – Part 2
Moerbrugge: Prelude to Battle. On September 5th 1944, the 1st Polish Armoured Division occupied St Omer. The refreshed 4th Canadian Armoured Division resumed its advance…
ARTICLE: The First in a Series of WWII Medal Identification by Scott Addington
Campaign Awards for the Second World War (1939-1945) General service within the British and Commonwealth armed forces during the Second World War was rewarded by…
Nazi Party Demonized the Buddhist Symbol for Universal Harmony
The swastika was not first used by the Nazis. In fact, the swastika is actually a Buddhist symbol originally meant to represent universal harmony. To…