German Helmets The Normandy Campaign
In the first volume of this new series by Militaria Magazine, collectors will discover a new aspect of helmet camouflage, focusing on the spontaneous gesture…
Black Devils’ veterans, who served in World War II, die 12 hours apart in Helena, Montana
Two veterans, who survived in one of the deadliest commando units of World War Two, have died in their nineties with hours of each other.…
Flying Legends Air Show
Flying Legends – two words which instantly evoke the very best of classic aircraft displaying at Duxford in one of the world’s most celebrated air…
WALKING THE WESTERN FRONT YPRES Slaughter of the Innocents 1914-15
If you take the Menin Road from Ypres towards Hooge you pass the fields on the left hand side where my great uncle Leslie lived…
Captain Bobby Fachiri
Captain Bobby Fachiri, who has died aged 92, won an MC serving with T-Force, an elite Army formation, in the final weeks of the Second…
Top 5 Tips for Collecting War Medals
One of the most satisfying aspects of militaria collecting is to connect with history. War medals and awards remain the best way of doing this…
Continued insurance benefits for HMVF members through Footman James
Continued insurance benefits for Historic Military Vehicle Forum members through Footman James The HMVF is pleased to announce that it has renewed its arrangement with…
Falkland Islands Remembered
Today marks the 30th anniversary since the start of the Falklands War. Services to remember those who died will be held in the UK and…
Bumper Markings
This article is going to be focused on more specific and specialised units and their respective markings; for example it will look at the Medical…
M201/MB Differences Part 2
M201/MB Differences Well known 8th USAAF historian and mv enthusiast, Steve A. Carr, has many of the answers in part two of this four part…
Schnellboot S130 The last surviving predator of the seas!
War History Online was recently given access to Kevin Wheatcroft’s Schnellboot S130 restoration. The complete article can be accessed below by everybody and is a…
THEY SHALL NOT PASS-The French Army on the Western Front 1914-1918
I read a lot of books and it’s fair to say that a lot of the stuff that passes my eyes leaves something to be…