PFC Ahrens, found clutching a sword surrounded by 13 dead Japanese soldiers, his final words were “I guess they didn’t know I was a marine.”
PFC Edward Ahrens enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on 3 February 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He underwent boot camp training at the Marine…
Achtung Panzer! 30 panzer wrecks & some you wouldn’t have seen before!!!
The Greatest Tank of WWII was the Tiger I?? Maybe the best KNOWN overall, and the most notorious, but far from the greatest. This tank was…
Bagpiper Millin: Some Germans who claimed to have seen him didn’t shoot because they believed he was crazy.
Bill Millin, aged 21, was considered to be unarmed on June 6th, 1944 as he jumped from the landing slope in Normandy on Sword Beach.…
24 WWII facts – do you know all of them??
We’ve all seen the HBO series Band of Brothers, and the classic Saving Private Ryan but there is more to WWII than what Hollywood shows…
28 images of behind the scenes from the film Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 film set during the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom…
Saving Private Ryan: 21 facts you didn’t know? Mel Gibson was considered for Capt Miller…seriously!!!!
Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 film set during the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom…
Seriously! The Kalinin K-7 bomber actually took to the air!!!!
The Kalinin K-7 was a heavy experimental aircraft designed and tested in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s. It was of unusual configuration with…
Want to see inside a U-boat?? Then look here for 42 stunning images!
German submarine U-995 was a German Type VIIC/41 U-boat of the Kriegsmarine. She was laid down on 25 November 1942 in Hamburg, Germany, and was…
Mine Craft: Old mines turned into furniture – expect they cost a bomb (See what we have done there?!)
When Russia pulled out of Estonia in the 1990s, they detonated or burned all remaining ordnance, leaving a sea of scrap in their wake. Much…
P-38 Lightning for Sale: Only $6.5 Million!
History: P-38L s/n 44-53186 was manufactured by Lockheed at their Burbank, California facility in 1945. Sold Surplus in 1946 for $1,250 it was used for aerial mapping…
Airborne All The Way! 20 Fantastic Photos of Paratroopers in Action!
Paratroopers are a common part of modern warfare, it’s hard to imagine a modern army without an airborne or air assault element. This form of…
The ‘Shark’ the world LARGEST submarine & you guessed it, it is Russian!
The Typhoon class was developed under Project 941 as the Russian Akula class (Акула), meaning shark. It is sometimes confused with other submarines, as Akula…