World War 2 | War History

Veteran Pilot Dante Bulli Dies Aged 94

There are very few pilots of heavy bombers who can live to relate the story of their aircraft crashing into a mountain. Dante ‘Dan’ Bulli,…

Here’s How To Build A B-17 Flying Fortress – Out Of Lego (Watch)

Brian Fitzsimmons of Brian’s Bricks Instructions used Lego Digital Designer to recreate the B-17 Flying Fortress with Lego bricks and parts. The model has a…

The Second Great Fire of London – The Worst Night Of The Blitz, December 29, 1940

Sarah Cooper

The term ‘The Second Great Fire of London’ refers to the worst blitz to occur in the capital of Britain during World War Two. Over…

The Gray Ranks – The Fighting Boy-Scouts Of The Polish WWII Resistance

When people think of boy scouts what is the first thing that comes to mind? Setting up a tent? Singing songs around the fire? Wearing…

Ambassador Recalled To Japan Over Controversial WW2 Memorial Statue Dispute

Tokyo has withdrawn the Japanese ambassador to South Korea in response to a statue dedicated to World War II sex slaves. The statue shows a…

The Beginning Of WW2 – Journalist Who Broke The Story Dies Aged 105

Thanks to a gust of wind, Claire Hollingworth got the greatest news scoop of the 20th-century. Hollingworth was the prominent female journalist of the war…

92nd Infantry Division, The Buffalo Soldiers – A Veteran Celebrates His 97th Birthday

Ray Robinson served in World War II as a member of the 92nd Infantry Division. Otherwise known as the Buffalo Soldiers, they were the only…

The Terrible Defeat That Led To The Bataan Death March

It was January 2, 1942, and the fall of Manilla in the Battle of Bataan that would give the US its first taste of the…

A German and an American Meet at the end of WWII

Gabe Christy

War is full of brief encounters. A sudden glimpse of the face of an enemy; the brief sighting of an enemy submarine; or seeing a wounded…

The Early Days Of Drones – Unmanned Aircraft From World War One And World War Two

Unmanned aerial vehicles, popularly known as drones, are most often associated with airstrikes in modern warfare, but their history goes much further back than that.…

Heinze And Reinhard Heydrich – A Tale Of Two Brothers Who Went Different Ways In WW2

In 1918 two teenage brothers posed for a photograph. The older brother has his arm protectively around the younger one. They are Heinze and Reinhard…

In WW2, The Germans Tried to Copy the de Havilland Mosquito – And Failed

The de Havilland Mosquito was one of Britains most iconic aircraft. The high-velocity airplane made entirely from plywood was landing severe blows on the Reich…