Another TANK from a FOUND! A T34/85 is pulled out of a former training ground!
Watch this amazing footage of a Soviet build T-34/85 being pulled out of the mud on a former training ground in Poland:
Iwo Jima: “…A Beachhead On Hell”
The Battle of Iwo Jima had just been won as this April, 9, 1945 LIFE entered American homes. The Marine assault troops landed on Feb. 19th, and newspapers published Joe Rosenthal’s famous picture of the raising of the American flag on Mt. Suribachi on Feb. 23rd. But victory did not occur until March 26, when 200 Japanese made their final [...]
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The English soldier who deserted, became an ‘Irishman’ – and received the Victoria Cross in WWII
They fought to stop Hitler overpowering Europe – but when they returned to Ireland, they were shunned by their own State. Last week, the Government passed legislation to grant an amnesty to those Irishmen who served with the Allied Forces during World War Two and who were blacklisted and branded as deserters when it ended. “The bill (recognises) the courage [...]
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Battle Of Hamburger Hill During The Vietnam War
Information on the Battle of Hamburger Hill during The Vietnam War, also known as Hill 937. The battle, which was fought on May 10-20, 1969 was a direct assault against a heavily defended and strategically insignificant hill, resulted in over 400 U.S. casualties and caused an outrage back home. ‘Don’t mean nothin’. That was the refrain of the powerful 1987 [...]
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70th Anniversary of B-17F “Memphis Belle”
Steve Carr: As the Lancasters of 617 Squadron were over the German Dams on the 16/17th May, ground crews of the US 8th Air Force were working hard preparing the US Heavy Bombers for a raid that day. Among the aircraft was B-17F Fortress serial #41-24485, unknown at the time. It was named “Memphis Belle”. 70 Years ago today, May [...]
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And then the war began (1917) – A Man Who Was There Tells the Story of the First German Raid upon American Trenches in France
By: Frank Coffman / 1917 SCATTERED throughout the land today are a few men on whose tablets of memory the night of November 2, 1917, is indelibly inscribed. Those men are the First Division survivors of Company F, Second Battalion, Sixteenth Infantry, for it was on the night of November 2d, a little over four years ago, that Company F wrote [...]
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REVIEW: THE DEFENCE OF THE DARDANELLES by Mark Barnes
Standing out as one to watch for the bookies in the WHO What’s Not to Like championship stakes is this little gem from Michael Forrest. This is a history book which doubles as a battlefield guide and somewhere in the gaps it is also an artilleryman’s journal of sorts. I suppose you might call it a bit of a hoot. [...]
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Normandy Tank Museum! To open on June 1st.
The NORMANDY TANK MUSEUM is located in Manche, on the municipality of Catz and the community of municipality of Carentan. It is ideally implanted on the historic site of the airfield A10 AIRFIELD built from June 15th till June 18th, 1944 by the 826th Battalion of Air Engineering, to receive the first devices P47 Thunderbolt, on June 19th during the [...]
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Iwo Jima: “…A Beachhead On Hell”
The Battle of Iwo Jima had just been won as this April, 9, 1945 LIFE entered American homes. The Marine assault troops landed on Feb. 19th, and newspapers published Joe Rosenthal’s famous picture of the raising of the American flag on Mt. Suribachi on Feb. 23rd. But victory did not occur until March 26, when 200 Japanese made their final [...]
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Willow Run Bomber Plant could be a new home for the Yankee Air Museum
When you think about what it took for the United States and our Allies to win World War II, it wasn’t just up to the troops fighting in Europe and the Pacific, the war was waged on the home front as well. And a big chunk of real estate in Ypsilanti was one of the most important spots in the [...]
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REVIEW: THE DEFENCE OF THE DARDANELLES by Mark Barnes
Standing out as one to watch for the bookies in the WHO What’s Not to Like championship stakes is this little gem from Michael Forrest. This is a history book which doubles as a battlefield guide and somewhere in the gaps it is also an artilleryman’s journal of sorts. I suppose you might call it a bit of a hoot. [...]
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Poland begins search for WWII mass graves
Thenews.pl: A search for mass graves of victims executed by the Nazi Germans in the first months of World War II was launched at Piasnica, northern Poland on Tuesday. Tuesday’s search for mass graves in woodland near Piasnica.It is estimated that between 12,000 and 14,000 people were executed in woodland near the village, and historians believe that initial excavations in [...]
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Nazi uniforms ‘not welcome’ at Haworth’s 1940s Weekend
People dressed in uniforms displaying Nazi or SS insignia are being discouraged from attending a 1940s event in West Yorkshire. The decision has come after a group of German visitors to last year’s event in Haworth found such uniforms offensive. Businesses in the town have been given signs saying Nazi or SS uniforms are “not welcome”. Peter Hill, from the [...]
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Calls for WWII prisoner camp to house Ryder Cup 2014 volunteers
Calls have been made for a Scots prisoner of war camp to be used to house dozens of Ryder Cup volunteers. Cultybraggan Camp, just outside Comrie, Perthshire, was home for a number of senior Nazi officials captured during WW2, including Adolf Hitler’s deputy fuhrer, Rudolf Hess. After housing some of the most dangerous war criminals, the camp is now part [...]
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Keep calm and eat like a granny: Nutrition advice given to Britons during WWII could be the key to improving diets today
Daily Mail: It is 70 years since the Ministry of Food’s leaflets taught Britons to eat well on rations and stay ‘fit for the fight’ during the Second World War.But much of the long-forgotten dietary advice still stands and, says a leading nutritionist, could help improve our diet today. A new book, Eating For Victory, reproduces the leaflets distributed along [...]
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Czech Republic nuclear bunker turns Cold War museum
Euronews.com reports: Shortly to be added to the list of Europe’s most unusual tourist destinations, you too will soon be able to experience some of that Cold War chill in this nuclear bunker in the Czech Republic. Misov, some 60 kilometres from the German border, got its underground complex in the Khrushchev years, and now it is a museum to [...]
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The unsung British hero with his own Schindler’s List
The Telegraph reports: Nicholas Winton rescued hundreds of young Jews from the Nazis and is a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. We meet some of the children he saved The birthday party will be modest and understated, in keeping with the man. Sir Nicholas Winton is 104 tomorrow and naturally some of his children will be there to wish [...]
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Living History: U.S. Colored Troops to celebrate Civil War Sesquicentennial
The 2nd Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) will hold events Saturday, May 25, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation. The festivities begin with a parade and day in the park entititled a “Walk through Living History.” The parade begins at 8 a.m. at the corner of Liberty [...]
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