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:

The Construction Of The Massive Battleship “Mighty Mo” in 25 Stunning Pictures

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…

Supermarine Spitfire – The Classic British Warplane of World War Two

All of the greatest man-made inventions have stood the test of time. They remain living testaments to the evolutionary process and creative innovation of some…

Great Color Pictures of 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…

A British Band Of Brothers? Pegasus Bridge the Movie Is Coming, The Director Tells Us more!

Historically, some of the best war films ever made have been British. That kind of ended when Hollywood stepped up and dominated the film and…

Normandy as you have never seen it before. Drone images of iconic locations

Some amazing images taken by a drone. Whilst in the Normandy for the 71st anniversary of D-Day the World War II Foundation used a drone…

Breathtaking Color Footage of Erwin Rommel & Afrika Korps

Having gained a solid reputation as a military savant of the highest order, Rommel was promoted to Lieutenant General and placed in command of the…

D-Day Invasion Stripes In 35 Stunning Images

In World War II fighting could be confusing, as you might imagine. It might be difficult to decide if a plane, tank or ship was…

37 Images Of The Massive German Flak Towers, Armed To The Teeth And With Room To Shelter Thousands

Following the raid on Berlin by the Royal Air Force in 1940, the construction of 3 huge flak towers was ordered by Adolf Hitler. These…

Watch: Nazi Germany’s Heavy Tank: Panzer VIII Maus

In late 1944 the Germans completed the first Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus, the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever to see the light of day. The…

Commander Rudder (2nd Rangers) 10 years later – I Took My Son to Pointe Du Hoc and Omaha Beach

FROM HISTORIES OF THE NORMANDY LANDINGS PREPARED BY THE ARMY HISTORICAL DIVISION. –  By W. C. HEINZ Thank you to our friends at OldMagazineArticles.com for…

The beginning of the end for the Teutonic Knights, Grunwald 1410

For more than two hundred years the might of the Order of Teutonic Knights had been steadily growing. It was forged in 1190, in the…

Our Favorite Top Five Fastest Jet Planes

War History Online Presents this Video Breakdown of our Five Favourite Fastest Jets! We start with the F-15 Strike Eagle. This is an American all-weather…