Australian Pilot Honoured for Fighting In Graignes
An Australian Pilot has been honoured for his bravery during World War Two when he, after being shot down, voluntarily took part in the Battle for…
First UK SAS Soldier To Land In France On D-Day Has Died
The first UK soldier to put his feet on French soil during the D-Day landings has died at the age of 95. Lieutenant Norman Poole…
Local US WWII veteran recalls storming Normandy Beach
Independence Day on the 4th July ensures that the US recalls and commemorates those people who have given their lives for freedom. One World War…
Discovered In A WWI Bunker In 2012; 21 Preserved German Soldiers’ Bodies
In 2012, during a road-building project near a small French town Carspach in Alsace region, excavation team stumbled upon one of the most amazing and…
Rangers led the way during World War Two
[Via] The US Army’s Rangers section has been in operation since the mid-1700s and during World War Two it was crucial to the success of…
Operation Manna – how Allied airforces saved millions of Dutch people from certain death
The date was 29th April 1945; a teenage girl along with 12 other people was in hiding from German troops. She was frightened, trembling with…
Battles of Ypres in WWI – a symbol of resilience and destruction
Passchendaele Cemetery [Via] Six British soldiers have been buried in Flanders Fields with full military honors, almost a century after they died in the early…
Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen the ONLY bridge across the Rhine river taken intact
The Ludendorff bridge at Remagen Reddit Bridges throughout central Europe played a critical role in the land war of World War Two. From the Netherlands…
Dawn of chemical warfare commemorated
Tear gas casualties from the Battle of Estaires, April 10, 1918. [Via] 100 years ago this month poison chlorine gas was first used in a military…
Russia to commemorate Victory Day in Moscow
Ahead of VE Day celebrations across Europe and Russia, the Russian Ministry of Defense has published previously secret archive materials from the war. Around 25…
Battle for Sevastopol movie honours Lady Death the Red Army sniper who killed over 300 Germans
A multitude of World War Two movies commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of the war continues to fill movie theatres around the world.…
200 year old remains found at Battle of Waterloo site
Human remains found underneath a car park at the site of the Battle of Waterloo have been identified as a soldier from the battle that…