WWII Commemorated at the Bastogne War Museum
The Bastogne War Museum, dedicated to WWII, has been open to visitors since late March. Bastogne itself has been the site of numerous fascinating WWII…
WWII Footage Discovered in Northern Ireland
A house in Northern Ireland has yielded the discovery of WWII footage showing airmen from the Royal Air Force in times of recreation as well…
Was Eva Braun a Jew? New DNA Research Says So
A pioneering DNA test revealed that Eva Braun, German dictator Adolf Hitler’s longtime companion and wife for less than 40 hours, came from a Jewish…
Shedding Light into the Lives of Japanese-Americans during WWII
When the Japanese Imperial Army went against America by attacking Pearl Harbor and the Philippines on December 1941, it marked a change into the lives…
Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 11: Now for the interior
Now my focus was on the rest of the interior. I wanted to have her finished before I went to Normandy in June 2004 so…
Commemorating Gliders Past and Present
Soldiers from the past and present gather together in Essex to commemorate the anniversary of the largest airborne operation during the Second World War. Operation…
Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 10: Tracks
The tracks were nos but were a motley selection of bits and pieces. One side was in ten link sections so I just had to…
WWII Explosive Found Live in Bangkok
Seven people when an old WWII explosive was discovered in Bangkok. Still live after all these years, the bomb also injured almost twenty workers. Not…
Remembering the 1944 Nuremberg Raid
The 1944 Nuremberg Raid almost share the same date with the Great Escape in Stalag Luft III. In fact the events are just days away…
Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 9: The transmission
Anyway, having got as much of the interior fitted as I needed, I started on the transmission. Again a lack of pictures but essentially all…
Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 8: Blasting the hull
This is the hull after blasting. It seemed a pity to remove all of the original paint and markings but I did record everything I…
Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 7: The Hull
As I mentioned, I spent several years getting bits together, the single most expensive was new track and roadwheels. However, the wheels turned out to…