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The Soviet Tank that missed WWII

TANKFEST 2018, to be held at The Tank Museum, UK, June 29 – July 1, will feature a running IS-3M Heavy Tank, appearing in the…

Ileen Lois: The name on a ball turret that identified an entire B-17 crew

Ileen Lois was the name given to a B-17 bomber which was recovered in 2013, 69 years after it crashed in Lake Bolsena, the biggest volcanic…

All Behind You, Winston – Review by Mark Barnes

This book by Roger Hermiston takes us back to World War II and the creation of the coalition government in Britain headed by Winston Churchill.…

When Finns & Snow Killed the Soviets – 8 Things You Need To Know About The Winter War

As the Second World War was breaking out in Western Europe, the Soviet Union embarked on another war – one which it though would easily…

Little-known Volunteers were “Flying Nightingales”: Air-Ambulance Nurses

Lilian West from Cardiff may be one of the last surviving “Flying Nightingales”. The Flying Nightingales were air-ambulance nurses who risked their lives during WW2…

Auschwitz Concentration Camp: 71 Years Since Liberation

Auschwitz concentration camp, the most notorious of the Nazi death camps, was liberated 71 years ago, on 27 January 1945. For five years it had…

10 Interesting Facts About Douglas MacArthur That You Might Not Know

Douglas MacArthur, born on 26 January 1880 was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of…

WWII Grave Site Reunion as Twins are Finally Together Again

According to their family, twins James and Michael Reilly were inseparable. They grew up in Queens, New York City, and did absolutely everything in each…

USAAF Airmen of 487th BG Signed Wall of Suffolk Pub – Staff Now Tracing Them Back To US

From April 1944 to the end of the Second World War, 487th Bombardment Group operated from RAF Lavenham and visited the Swan pub in Suffolk,…

Little-known Volunteers were “Flying Nightingales”: Air-Ambulance Nurses

Lilian West from Cardiff may be one of the last surviving “Flying Nightingales”. The Flying Nightingales were air-ambulance nurses who risked their lives during WW2…

Outed Spy Was Instrumental in Forged Pre-WWII Trade Pact Caper

The Observer released never-before seen documents from a secret archive in Sweden’s immigration department that officially confirm, for the first time ever, the identity of…

Percy Hobart – Wizard of WW2 Armored Tank Warfare

Chances are you’ve never heard of Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart, even though he just might be one of the most influential individuals in WW2. Percy…