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:

10 of the most feared weapons of WWII?

During World War II the Allies and Axis powers raced with each other to produce the most devastating and terrifying weapons. Many of them gave…

For sale: Vietnam Patrol Boat for restoration

This is one of the PBR-2s as made famous by the 1979 Blockbuster Movie ( APOCALYPSE NOW ) starring Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen and Robert…

49 quotes from Fury – do you remember them??!!

April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened Army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and his…

Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 10 Henchmen That Served Hitler and the Nazi Party

Adolf Hitler’s inner circle were the most powerful men in the Third Reich. It was a finely balanced team of military commanders, administrative leaders and…

Battlefield relics dug up: Big collection of German helmets

German helmets that had been buried for 100 years and were found in 2011. The haul was found and dug up in France after reading letters…

MUST READ: Images of tanks pulled from Russian, lakes, rivers & bogs (image heavy)

Before the second world war, the Soviets developed several heavy tank prototypes. Other than the mentioned KV models there were the multi-turreted T-35 and the…

Normandy invasion beaches from the air

Ten years or so ago I was lucky enough to fly along the invasion beaches at 800′ in a C-47. If you ever get the…

COME ON!! 39 images of recovered U-Boat U534

The Type IX C40 U-534 was a long-range submarine used by the German Navy from 1942 – 1945. Commissioned in Hamburg, it was used chiefly…

Battlefield Relics: The Stug III recovered in Russia (image heavy)

Recovered in 2005. The Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) assault gun was Germany’s most produced armoured fighting vehicle during World War II. It was built on…

Ready to cry? Amazing images of the war dump – Million Dollar Point

In the South Western Pacific Ocean, there is an island that is part of the Vanuatu archipelago, called Espírito Santo. Just off the coast of…

MUST SEE: The Hurricane recovered from a lake near Murmansk

The loss of the Hurricane was discovered in 2001 when a research group of the ‘Federation of Aviarestoration’ found a wartime report whilst going through…

56 Movie Mistakes: The Longest Day

The Longest Day, which was made in black and white, features a large ensemble cast including John Wayne, Kenneth More,Richard Todd, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton,…