Jack Beckett

Jack Beckett has been editor since 2012. Huge fan of war history and rural history and a motorbike rider.

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Articles by Jack Beckett:

Want to see inside a U-boat?? Then look here for 42 stunning images!

German submarine U-995 was a German Type VIIC/41 U-boat of the Kriegsmarine. She was laid down on 25 November 1942 in Hamburg, Germany, and was…

You Know These, right?! 11 House Hold Names That Worked With The Nazis During WWII

Kodak The famous camera company’s German branch actually used slave labor from German concentration camps. Several European branches of Kodak did extensive business with the…

HOAX!! Mary Brown Was Chosen to Donate Her Hair to Become the Crosshairs on Norden Bombsights

Editor’s notice: this has been debunked as one of the urban myths of WWII Before the time of computers and lasers, or even radar, aerial…

Unbelievable – Son finds lost D-Day colour footage in father’s attic

The only known Allied colour footage of World War Two was uncovered in the attic of a Hollywood director by his son… When the warship…

Truly Inaccurate War Films To Hit The Big Screen

When sitting down to watch war movies, most audiences expect that the accounts are as true to what actually happened as possible, especially since they…

OH YES! Massive Mighty Mo, Bet You Haven’t Seen These Images Before – New York Naval Ship Yard, January 6, 1941

BB-63, the USS Missouri “Mighty Mo” is an Iowa-class United States Navy Battleship, the third that was named in honor of the US state of…

Legion Vs Phalanx: Two Powerhouse Formations of Ancient Warfare

The organization from Homeric style hero warfare to tightly packed hoplite warfare was world changing. This powerful Hellenic formation allowed the ancient Greeks to hold…

31 images of Fallschirmjägers – Some May Be New For You!

The German Paratroopers or Fallschirmjäger were perceived as the elite infantry units of the German military and became known as the “green devils” by the Allied forces. On a…

OH YES! 10 Strangest WWII Unsolved Mysteries #6 Is Freaky, #9 Is Sad

There has been an interesting discussion with regards to the Nazi Gold Train, which was possibly discovered. If the gold train does exist, it could…

“Mad Major” Carpenter Attached 6 Bazookas To His Artillery Spotter Plane And Went Tank Hunting

Even the German infantry troops would fire at Carpenter with rifles and pistols trying to down “The Mad Major”. Charles Carpenter enlisted in the US…

DON’T FORGET! Remaining Government Stock of WWII M1911’s Handguns to Be Sold Off to The Public…..

The National Defense Authorization Act, passed in 2016, will transfer the US Army’s stock of-of .45 ACP 1911A1 pistols to the Civilian Marksmanship Program. An…

Flying the Me 262 – Amazing Footage Of The Only Flyable Nazi Jet Fighter

There are very few aircraft in the history of aviation as unique and innovative as the Messerschmitt Me 262. This was created out of desperation.…