WWII | War History

Flamming Panzer III

Flammpanzer III (SdKfz 141/3) Flamethrower system was located in the turret of the vehicle, a PzKpfw III Ausf M, along with a MG 34 coaxially,…

TRACING YOUR SERVICE WOMEN ANCESTORS

Mark Barnes

TRACING YOUR SERVICE WOMEN ANCESTORS A Guide For Family Historians There has been good business in the burgeoning market for genealogy for a few years…

GERMAN ARMY IN NORMANDY 12TH HITLERJUGEND PANZER DIVISION DVD

Mark Barnes

GERMAN ARMY IN NORMANDY 12TH HITLERJUGEND PANZER DIVISION There is little doubt that the Hitlerjugend Division retains a fearsome reputation as a result of the…

Aircraft First Aid Kits

Jack Beckett

These two First Aid Kits belonged to a B-17 from the 303rd Bomb Group. It was lost while climbing to altitude to join the formation…

M201/MB Differences

Well known 8th USAAF historian and mv enthusiast, Steve A. Carr, has many of the answers in this four part series of articles that jeep…

Denmarks left over WWII German Minefields

Denmark is affected by antipersonnel mines left from World War II. In 1944, the entire Skallingen Peninsula in Jutland on the Danish west coast was…

Time Traveller – Pfc Jamie “J-mac” Macpherson

I followed down the hill across a stream and onto a steep hill. We came under heavy sniper fire.

Spuduka’s Pillbox Upper Thames set

Keith

To give some background you have to go back to 1940 when the UK was at risk from Germany invading after the fall of France.…

Stoneleigh Militaria Fair

Well it was the first show of the season and we were lucky that it was just a cold day and that the bad weather held off.

Photo gallery: U.S. Army desert training with general George Patton (16 pics)

Keith

April 20, 1942: a mobile artillery unit about to start on maneuvers

HITLER WAS MY FRIEND.

Keith

You may well have seen the recent coverage of this book in the press and elsewhere. The emphasis was on a bit of mild ridicule of the Fuhrer by showing him wearing shorts or silly hats and practicing the odd rant.

Final Days of the Reich

Keith

This is new offering in the Images of War series includes some truly excellent photographs,  In my many years photographing living history groups, the question…