WWII | War History

REVIEW: PORTRAIT OF A BOMBER PILOT by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

English Electric built a lot of Halifax bombers. Jack Wetherly flew one to Berlin in 1943 and didn’t come back. It was his second tour.…

Tank of the week: America’s answer to the Tiger, M26 Tank Heavy Pershing

As the Second World War was coming to its end, the technologies on the battlefields of Europe were becoming more and more complex. The tank…

Exclusive from excerpt author Alex Kershaw – THE FEW AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

Their Finest Hour “You catch him right smack in the middle of your sights and give him a complete burst. The Brownings go to work,…

Bringing the story of Witold Pilecki, Polish hero who volunteered to go INTO Auschwitz, to America

Inmate 4859. The Death Camp Volunteer – Beyond Bravery  Thus, I am expected to describe bare facts only, as my colleagues want it. It was…

ARTICLE: The Tiger Tank Story by Noel Feeney

Guest Author

(Tiger I) “And the lord was with Judah And he drove out the The inhabitants of the mountain But he could not drive out The…

PRESS RELEASE: Online military auction website draws big audience

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The Military Market Place www.milmarket.org, the online auction for (ex-)military equipment, has seen thousands  of visitors on its website in the first weeks of operating…

Witold Pilecki: ‘Beyond bravery’ during World War II – Getting INTO Auschwitz

Inmate 4859. The Death Camp Volunteer – Beyond Bravery  Thus, I am expected to describe bare facts only, as my colleagues want it. It was…

REVIEW: Frituur Zorro Volume 3 by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

The pictures are amazing and those crazy Dutch guys know how to pick them. It isn’t a book of MVs, it’s a long running love…

EXCLUSIVE: In their own words – German veterans of WWII – Part 2, A major bollocking by Rob Schäfer

Rob Schaefer

For the second part of this series I have chosen a report written by a soldier serving in the Stabs-Abteilung (Regimental staff) of Pz.Reg 35.…

PRESS RELEASE: Monte Cassino Ten Armies in Hell, lecture by Dr Peter Caddick-Adams

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Date of Event: 17th November 2012 Time of Event: 19:30pm Venue: The Tank Museum Entry Fee: £10 Peter Caddick-Adams new book Monte Cassino: Ten Armies…

Italys Sorrow by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

This is not a pretty story from any perspective, there no sides with clean hands ITALY’S SORROW – A year of war 1944-45 By James…

Baptism of Fire – Attacking Gora Kamienska, Poland 1939 – Experiences of 1. Infanterie-Division

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    ATTACKING THE GORA-KAMIENSKA PART 1: “STALLING THE BLITZ” – THE BATTLE OF MLAWA    2nd and 3rd of September 1939 On the 1st of September…