U.S. To Import 87,310 M1 Garand Rifles from Korea
The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is run by the US government in order to promote civilian marksmanship by organizing games and providing cheap World War…
DIDN’T KNOW THIS!! Its existence kept secret throughout the war, the US naval base at Ulithi was for a time the world’s largest naval facility.
On March 1945, the largest convoy of US Navy ships and personnel sailed from a base in the Pacific Ocean. Where was this base? This…
Remember the German WWII tanks & SPGs on the Bulgarian & Turkish border
During World War II, when Bulgaria joined the Axis powers in fighting the Soviet Union, they were given some 97 German Panzer IV tanks, about…
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…
The only surviving Horten Ho 229 – “Hitler’s Stealth fighter”
The Horten Ho 229 is generally known by a few unique names. The plane was called the H.IX, by the Horten Brothers. The identity Ho…
Tiger 1 for sale! (image heavy).
Would you want to buy a Tiger? Or a replica, anyway. Here’s your chance! These gentlemen have made a replica and are selling it for…
56 Movie Mistakes: The Longest Day
The Longest Day, which was made in black and white, features a large ensemble cast including John Wayne, Kenneth More,Richard Todd, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton,…
STOP PRESS: WWII Ship USS Independence Found ‘Amazingly Intact’ on Ocean Floor
A World War II-era aircraft carrier was found on the ocean floor near California’s Farallon Islands and it’s looking great. Despite being underwater since 1951,…
10 of the most important pieces of second world war memorabilia
Second world war memorabilia is as fascinating as it is moving. Here are 10 of the most important pieces ever to come to auction.…
Passed away: ‘Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane’ was a B-17 gunner
James Best was an American on-screen character, who is best known for his principle performance as blundering Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the CBS TV…
Behind the scenes of the making of Band of Brothers – 39 fun images!
Band of Brothers is the 2001 HBO American war drama miniseries, it is based on the non-fiction book with the same name by historian Stephen…
30 ‘movie’ mistakes: Band of Brothers
OK – just for some Sunday fun. Without doubt the series that turned the WWII hobby around and really put it on the map.…