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:

Two Soviet infantrymen frozen to death in their foxhole, Freezing to death is one of the most peaceful & non-violent ways of natural dying

Warning graphic content, click to see In the years 1939 and 1940, the Soviet Union and Finland were at war. The smaller Finnish army proved…

Victoria Cross: Took on 20 Taliban fighters, dodged “raking” machine fire to rescue a stricken US Marine

For saving the life of a US Marine, Briton Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey became the first living soldier to win the Victoria Cross for his…

Rudders Pointe du Hoc landing craft found & now in restoration!

It’s not often you walk around a military fair and someone taps you on the shoulder and then says “Pssst….. want to know a secret?”…

25 mind blowing colourised images of WWII – Check Out LCT 325 in Action – She is Now Preserved

We are used to viewing the war in black and white. So when you get to see colourised images it brings the war to us…

Greatest Mysteries of WWII – Nazi Germany’s Top Secret Weapons

Towards the end of World War II, Nazi scientists and engineers were working on a number of destructive and innovative devices. The Germans were losing…

Before bombs: pilots dropped these steel arrows on the enemy.

French pilots used to drop arrows (Flechettes) from their aircraft, and upon hitting a surprised soldier down below could puncture his body from head to…

The Horten 229 V3 “Flying Wing” 15 images – have you seen all of these before??

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…

The Biggest War Machines Ever Built – Mighty Monsters of the Seas…Check Out the Size of the Guns Too!

From the Dreadnoughts to the battleships of WWII – naval power ruled the waves. Amazing designs and revolutions were abound and you can see this…

OK -The Nazi Gold Train Contains The Amber Room OR Toxic Chemicals to Be Used to Defend Berlin…

Editors note: These are the Gold Train updates up to March 2016 In December 2015, the press conference denounced the claims of a Nazi Gold…

The massive USS Alabama – bet you haven’t seen all these images before???

The USS Alabama (BB-60) is a South Dakota Class Battleship, launched on April 16, 1942. It served during World War II in both the Pacific…

Ghosts of Time: 39 Incredible’ then & now’ pictures of WWII

Haunting images take you on a trip of time travel, combining historical photographs with their modern-day settings. You can follow Adam Surreys work on Facebook: Ghosts…

Iconic Colourised Images of Operation Market Garden

The Battle of Arnhem, Nijmegen and Eindhoven (Operation Market Garden) 17–25 September 1944. On Sunday 17 September, 500 gliders and 1,500 aircraft flew over the…