Show Reviews / War Articles on May 13, 2013 at 18:45 ×
Britain’s last surviving Dambuster has called for the public to support a £1million appeal to help maintain a memorial to the men of Bomber Command. Squadron Leader George ‘Johnny’ Johnson, 91, is backing the RAF Benevolent Fund’s Upkeep Club, which is asking 1,000 people to donate £1,000 towards the memorial as it prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of the [...]
Show Reviews / War Articles on May 11, 2013 at 18:45 ×
Daily Mail reports: Eric Brown must rank as the most extraordinary airman alive. Indeed, open his memoirs at any page and you are left asking a single question: how on earth did this modest Scotsman live to tell the tale? But Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown RN is very much alive and in sparkling form as he pours me a glass [...]
Show Reviews / War Articles on May 10, 2013 at 22:45 ×
Daily Mail reports: An American World War II veteran who lost his dog tag in France nearly 70 years ago was reunited with it by Cory Booker in a ceremony Wednesday. As rain fell outside, 90-year-old Corporal Willie Wilkins was honored in a ceremony under Newark City Hall’s soaring rotunda, where Mayor Booker presented Wilkins and his daughter Carol Wilkins [...]
Show Reviews / War Articles on April 25, 2013 at 22:45 ×
Often mislabeled as the ‘Deuce & Half’ the GMC ‘Jimmy’ was the work horse of the Allies in WWII. Thank you for visiting this blog. Its’ aim is to document in photo form as many of the GMC CCKWs in the UK as I can. If you would like your own vehicle included feel free to E-Mail me (vulture.cm@dsl.pipex.com) and [...]
Show Reviews / War Articles on April 25, 2013 at 20:45 ×
What is ANZAC Day? ANZAC Day – 25 April – is probably Australia’s most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. What does ANZAC stand for? ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in those forces quickly became [...]
Show Reviews / War Articles on April 17, 2013 at 11:45 ×
These extraordinary photographs provide a unique on-the-ground view of the immediate aftermath of the 1944 D-Day invasion. The campaign heralded the beginning of the end of the Second World War, as 160,000 Allied soldiers landed on the beaches of France to liberate it from the occupying Nazi forces. The iconic operation – the largest sea invasion in history – has [...]
Show Reviews / War Articles on April 11, 2013 at 11:45 ×
It proved to be a defining moment during her time as Prime Minister and in death, the Falklands War will again play a key role. Further details of Baroness Thatcher’s funeral arrangements emerged yesterday and her military triumph in the South Atlantic will take centre stage. Outside St Paul’s, the gun carriage carrying her coffin will be greeted by a [...]
Show Reviews / War Articles on April 2, 2013 at 11:45 ×
Two smiling children peer out from the top floor of a house with no windows or doors – or any furniture for that matter. Meanwhile, fellow day trippers stroll down a path unfazed by a nearby sign which reads, ‘Danger. Unexploded military debris. Do not leave the carriageway.’ These peculiar images give an insight into a real-world ghost town which [...]
Show Reviews / War Articles on March 8, 2013 at 18:45 ×
While KA-BAR was made famous in 1941 by its Fighting Utility Knives, which were carried by Allied armed forces in WWII, it has actually been making edged tools for over a century. Common Machine takes a brief, albeit insightful, look at the history and production techniques of America’s most famed knife maker.
Show Reviews / War Articles on January 18, 2013 at 21:45 ×
Although they are actually carrying out a deep sea scientific and research mission, finding wrecks is proving an interesting sideline. Steve tells us the team have found submarines, landing craft and aeroplanes in the past and have recently found some classic cars but these amazing discoveries are predominantly Great War period vehicles. Landlubber TIM GOSLING owner of the worlds second [...]
