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Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 2: The Engine

Jack Beckett

I spent about 9 years gathering parts for the restoration including a spare engine but I did remove the engine straight away to see just…

Ferdinand Porsche and The Nazi Shadow

Everybody especially avid car enthusiasts feel giddy at the mere mention of  the famous car brand Porsche. However, the legacy left by Ferdinand Porsche, the…

Relics from WWII Have Recently Been Found at Mili

Ian Harvey
Mili

It has been decades since WWII, but remnants of the struggle are still being discovered worldwide. On Mili (one of the Marshall Islands in the…

90 Year Old Expatriate Must Return to the UK to Receive Pension

At 90 years old, a former intelligence officer from the Second World War must return to the UK from her home in Canada if she…

C-47 Dakota from WWII Returns to Site of D-Day

Ian Harvey
transport plane

Whiskey 7, a Douglas C-47 transport plane from WWII, is being temporarily removed from the National Warplane Museum, set to once again unleash a storm…

Chilling Dachau Images of Hugo Jaeger, Hitler’s Photographer

  No one knows exactly why Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler’s official photographers, came back to Dachau five years after it was liberated by US…

“The Forces’ Sweetheart” Dame Vera Lynn Plans New Album at 97

English singer Dame Vera Lynn is far from over in the music industry. On her 97th birthday celebration last March 20, she announced her plans…

Navy Publishes Nimitz Diary Online

The Navy unveiled a gold mine of WWII information when it decided to publish Nimitz Diary – about 4,000 pages of personal records written by Fleet…

Croatian spy chief shot a fascist prisoner after WWII- witness testified

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Former Croatian spy chief Josip Boljkovac photographed during a TV appearance (2) Yugoslav revolutionary Marshal Josip Broz Tito…

MIA American Hero Forgotten During WWII is Now Returning to be Buried on American Soil

Ian Harvey
WWII

Lawrence Gordon, Private First Class in WWII, was forgotten for over fifty years after being buried near the site of his death in Normandy. Now,…

WWII Photograph is a Highly Honoured Addition to American History

Ian Harvey
Photograph

A South Pacific photograph taken early on during the Second World War has received recognition as the most honored historical image in the history of…

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR – Review by Phil Hodges

Phil Hodges

When being asked the question “What do you want to be when you leave school?” I was always a little timid in my reply. Answers…