Stunning images of bunkers of the Atlantic wall
By Guiie Sandgaard Ferrer. In 1942 the order is given: the creation of The Atlantic Wall, a vast system of coastal fortifications built by Nazi…
OPEN ARMS, CLOSED MINDS AND EYES: CHIEU HOI, PSYOP, AND THE INTELLIGENCE FAILURES IN THE 1968 TET OFFENSIVE
This paper will explore the uses of Psychological Warfare (PSYOP) and efforts made to gain acceptance within the US military during the Cold War, and…
The 10 Of The Biggest Military Planes Ever Built
We’ve flipped through the pages of aviation history to bring you ten of the biggest, heaviest, weirdest and most astounding aircraft ever built. Antonov An-225…
TRAGIC: 10 JUNE, 1944 ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE
By Richard Brook. On 10 June, 1944, men of the 2nd Waffen-SS “Das Reich” Panzer Division came to Oradour-sur-Glane. Located some 460 km south and…
Re-Educating The Hitler Youth (What To Do With The German Boy Soldiers?) – From Yank Magazine, 1945
From Yank Magazine, 1945 Captured Wehrmacht GIs between the ages of 12 and 17 get special indoctrination in democracy at this PW school sparked by…
CABLES SHOW CONFUSED PICTURE OF ATHENIA TORPEDOING – By Tom Sanger
Early Monday morning, Sept. 4, 1939, the American ambassador to Great Britain, Joseph P. Kennedy, was awakened by an assistant with the news that a…
The Molotov Line in Pictures: Introduction – By Piotr Tymiński
Why the Molotov Line? Is it because it’s the longest fortification line in Europe? Nah, years ago I haven’t had a clue about it… I…
Two Tigers By Tom Marshall
Photos of a father and son, taken 30 years apart. Arthur James Langran served with the Leicestershire Regiment during the First World War and his…
At Sea In a Lifeboat – After the Sinking of the SS Athenia – By Tom Sanger
Survivors in one of Athenia ’s lifeboats alongside City of Flint Few passengers on a cruise ship nowadays ever give much thought to escaping the ship…
THE ADVANCE FROM MONS 1914 – The German Side! – Review by Chris Buckham
Bloem was a reserve Captain in the Royal Prussian Grenadier Regiment Prinz Carl von Preussen who engaged from the very first days of the First…
M1 HELMET LINERS – All You Need To Know!
Olivier Dorrell returns to guide us through an immensely important subject to collectors and re-enactors. The M1 helmet was a unique and practical solution, compared…
The Story Behind the M-1 Garand Rifle and the story of John C. Garand – from The American Legion Magazine, 1939
From The American Legion Magazine, 1939 SHARP CRACKS of a RIFLE “THE sharp crack of a rifle rang out, and another enemy bit the dust.”…