World War 2 | War History

The oldest Commando of WWII – 73 year old Walter Cowan of course, oh, he was also in WWI

When fifteen-year-old Walter Henry Cowan became a Royal Navy trainee in 1884, Great Britain was the dominant naval force in the world. The boy had…

German Jews Who Fled To the Philippines Were Saved From Japanese Brutality By Their Swastika Stamped Passports

During WWII, the Philippines was one of the few countries that accepted Jews. And while the swastika meant eventual death for Jews in Europe, it…

Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler & Saved D-Day

During WWII Juan Pujol Garcia played an important role in deceiving Nazi Germany about where the D-Day landings would occur. In gratitude, the Nazi’s awarded him an…

Jumped Onto Another Bunker With His Flamethrower, Stuck The Nozzle Into Air Vent & Pulled The Trigger. There Were No Survivors

Jeff Edwards

Modern warfare has few comparisons to the terror of World War 2.  A soldier steps into battle accepting that he might be on the receiving…

The Inexplicable Controversial Life of General Douglas MacArthur

There are few times in history where we can say a man was born and raised in such a season that he should be at…

To Hell and Back: 10 Interesting facts about Audie Murphy, Do You Know Them All?

One of the most highly decorated American soldier of World War II, Audie Leon Murphy, was born on the 20th June 1925.  His life story…

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…

How to Lose the War in 100 Days – Give The Eastern Front to Himmler

The headline may come to a surprise to many. Wasn’t Heinrich Himmler the person behind the SS and the Holocaust? Surely he wasn’t in command…

Incredible battlefield relics of the Eastern Front

Germany and Russia both lost much of their territory as a result of World War I, though Russia suffered the most. Russia made peace with…

11 Iconic Battlefields of WWII Then And Now

After just over 70 years, we look back at 11 iconic locations of the Second World War as they were then – and as they are…

5 GI’s Took Cover For What Was To Become A Night From Hell

Only starlight and a sliver of a moon lit the way for the fragmented platoon of the 14th Armored Division “Liberators” Infantry. It was another…

True story: Mighty Eighth – October 14th 1943, Bassingbourn Airfield by Clive Stevens

October 14th 1943, Bassingbourn Airfield, Cambridgeshire. Jim Harlow recalled………………”We walked into the morning briefing feeling more than anxious. This was 04:30 Thursday morning and I…