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:

Top 5 Facts About The M1 Garand

The M1 Garand rifle is a 0.30 caliber semi-automatic US rifle designed in 1928 by Canadian-American firearms designer John Garand. It was in service as…

BART VANDERVEEN AWARD 2015

The team at WHO and anyone with a passion for historic military vehicles will know the name Bart Vanderveen. His military vehicle books and the…

Beautiful & Touching: After Hours At Pearl Harbor Something Incredible Happens

The USS Arizona was a Pennsylvania-class battleship which was built for and by the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. She was named in honor…

Cologne Cathedral is perhaps the single most famous tank duel?

The tank battle at Cologne Cathedral, although brief, is perhaps the most famous of all time. Let’s have a look this deliberate wartime situation. The…

‘Trench broom’ – The Famous Model 1897 Shotgun

The Trench Gun, the Winchester Model 1897, was an immensely popular shotgun. Between 1897 and 1956 more than a million were produced by Winchester Repeating…

Fascinating Abandoned Military Bases From All Around The World

Military bases and installations, built to last only a few years or to support a 1000-year Reich have been left abandoned across the globe. Some…

YES!! Discovered Hidden in a Long-Forgotten Tunnel, Has the Nazi Gold Ghost Train Been Found?

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…

DON’T FORGET! Remaining Government Stock of WWII M1911’s Handguns to Be Sold Off to The Public…..

The National Defense Authorization Act, passed in 2016, will transfer the US Army’s stock of-of .45 ACP 1911A1 pistols to the Civilian Marksmanship Program. An…

WWII Jeep in a Crate for $50 – fact or a tall story

A young man reading one of the magazines like Boy’s Life or Popular Science in the 40s or 50s might have come across an exciting…

The 10 Most Expensive American Military Planes – Bet You Know What #1 is Going to Be….

Since planes were put into use for the military, the United States has been known for producing some of the most technologically advanced aircraft in…

WWII Ghost Bombers Complete Their Mission – True or Fake?

A B-17 Flying Fortress landed perfectly at an RAF airbase and completes the full landing pattern as well. The bomber comes to a full stop;…

37 beautiful, sad but touching colourised images of WWII

Many thanks go to Doug Banks and his team – the masters of colourisation.  The beauty of these colourised images is that colour, allows you…