Roald Dahl – The Children’s Book Author Was Also an RAF Fighter Ace
Roald Dahl was largely known as a children’s book writer behind the titles such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Matilda, The…
Badly Wounded On His Right Arm, This Gurkha Fought Off 200 Japanese for 4hrs With Only His Left Hand
Never mess with a Gurkha. Not everyone knows this, but then again, many people don’t know what a Gurkha/Gorkha is. Gurkhas were a branch of…
Mel Gibson’s New Movie “Hacksaw Ridge” Gets 10-minute Standing Ovation at Premier
Mel Gibson’s new movie Hacksaw Ridge is a movie about WWII. It received a 10-minute standing ovation in Venice this weekend. About six minutes into…
American Woman in Iconic VJ Day Photo Passes Away at 92
Greta Friedman has passed away at the age of 92. She is best known as the woman in white being kissed by a sailor in…
Russia Unveils the Future of Drone Warfare – the Uran-9 Drone Tank
Russia would appear to be a leader in the use of unmanned autonomous combat vehicles with the unveiling at the Army 2016 military technical forum of…
The Battlebox – New Museum Commemorates the “Worst Disaster” in British Military History
The battle for Singapore, fought from the 8th to the 15th February 1942 was a bluff by the Japanese and a complete rout of the…
Creative Designers Make Unique Wedding Dress From Silk WW2 Escape and Evasion Maps
Any bride-to-be who talks about having found a very special wedding dress must forgive her listeners when they visualize flowing lines of beautiful satin, pretty…
Orde Wingate: Daring, Eccentric, and Unconventional, a Fascinating Fighter in World War Two
Orde Wingate was a British officer who served in colonial territories and World War II, reaching the rank of Major General before his death on…
How The Stringbag, an Outdated Biplane, Took Out the Gigantic Battleship Bismarck in the Second World War
The German battleship, Bismarck, was one of the biggest vessels ever built in the first half of the 20th century. A marvel of advanced engineering…
Desperately Holding Out Near Arnhem, Major Robert Cain Was Awarded the Victoria Cross
In an early attempt to gain a foothold across the Rhine in 1944, the Allies launched Operation Market Garden which turned out to be what…
Three Stories of Humanity and Compassion from the Second World War
Even during WWII, one of the largest and most deadly conflicts in recent history, there were moments of humanity and compassion. Here are three of these…
Post-WWII Surplus Harleys, Cheap Transports For “Willy And Their Boys”
Guest Blog By Hans Weisman! In this DAKOTA HUNTER BLOG, you will read about another lifetime passion of mine: the Harley Davidson Motorcycle. As a prelude,…