‘Shoot and scoot’ Local veteran shares story of tank rescue during World War II
By Jeremy P. Ämick America seems to have an insatiable appetite for war movies as evidenced by the recent release of military films such as…
Flt Lt Henry Stockings (DFC) – An Obituary
Flight Lieutenant Henry Stockings, who is famous for his record long flight of 12 hours to bomb Danzig early in World War II, has died…
World War Two dog tags found in Australia to be returned to US veterans and families
World War Two dog tags are being returned to the veterans and families of US troops who served in Australia during the war. Hundreds of…
Recovering the bodies of WWII Soldiers killed on Peleliu Island
Japan is looking to launch an excavation campaign to recover the bodies of thousands of soldiers buried in caves on Peleliu Island in Palau. This…
SOVIET CONQUEST – Review by Nate Sullivan
The Soviet assault on Berlin was a glorious affair. The iconic (albeit staged) photograph of the Soviet flag being raised atop the Reichstag has come…
Battle for Sevastopol movie honours Lady Death the Red Army sniper who killed over 300 Germans
A multitude of World War Two movies commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of the war continues to fill movie theatres around the world.…
The Liberation of Arnhem +70 Stunning then and now pictures of a battered city.
To celebrate the liberation of Arnhem which took place exactly 70 years ago today, we will take a look at the town in a fantastic…
‘Operation Babylift’ – a successful daring mission at the end of the Vietnam War
When the Vietnam War arrived in the city of Saigon, it brought with it chaos and death for the innocent people of the city. Among…
200 year old remains found at Battle of Waterloo site
Human remains found underneath a car park at the site of the Battle of Waterloo have been identified as a soldier from the battle that…
Hunt continues for missing World War Two Polish submarine
The hunt for a Polish submarine that went missing during World War Two is to be resumed. The Orzel was on patrol in the North…
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FRENCH TANKS AND ARMOURED VEHICLES 1914-1940 – Review by Mark Barnes
I got a first sight of this book at last year’s War & Peace Revival where it was quite appropriate that one of the stars…
Colleagues of Alan Turing recall life at Bletchley Park
Veteran World War Two workers at Bletchley Park, the headquarters of British war time code-breaking, have revealed some of the day to day goings on…