Bastogne – In The Footsteps of Band of Brothers – By Reg Jans
Maj. Richard Winters’ notes from his last visit to Bastogne BASTOGNE – Take it Easy! Inspired by Dr. Stephen Ambrose’s bestselling book and the successful…
FOR SALE: P-47 Thunderbolt – Not Very Often These Come onto the Market….
The Thunderbolt was one of the heaviest and largest fighter planes ever built; it was also only powered by a single piston engine. It was…
How Dr. Morell Made Hitler A Cocaine Junkie
By Elaine Fields Smith At last, a reasonable explanation for dictator Adolf Hitler’s maniacal behavior. The Fuhrer was on drugs thanks to Dr. Theodor Morell.…
Montgomery Was Shot Twice During WWI – And Other Things You Might Not Know About Him
Bernard Montgomery, who was to become one of the most outstanding of British military leaders, was born in London in 1887. His grandfather was General…
Saving Private Ryan: 21 Facts! 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…
THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE – Review by Mark Barnes
This book from our friends in Barnsley is from a series I don’t think I’ve had dealings with before. Regardless of this I thoroughly enjoyed reading…
Operation Market Garden In Color!
Operation Market Garden was the plan by Field Marshal Montgomery to outflank the German fortified Siegfried line by going through The Netherlands. The Netherlands is…
The Bone Collector of Guadalcanal
Seventy years after the last rifle shot, Japanese soldiers are still going home. Roderick Eime, sends one fallen warrior on his way. He’d lay there…
Stalin’s son Yakov Dzhugashvili captured by the Germans. He ‘died’ in a PoW camp
Everyone knows Joseph Stalin, but most aren’t familiar with his familial life, particularly his eldest son, Yakov. The tumultuous relationship between father and son created…
Gandhi’s Letters to Adolf Hitler
Mahatma Gandhi believed he could achieve his objectives through non-violent means. Adolf Hitler believed in the exercise of military might and the power of rhetoric.…
10 Things You Never Knew About WWII
Everyone learns about World War II from their high school history classes. It’s inevitable. Hitler’s tyranny, the Holocaust, the attack on Pearl Harbor; these events…
The Battle of Midway: Turning the Tide in the Pacific
Six months after the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese planned to lure the American aircraft carriers into a trap at Midway Islands. Imperial Japan’s overall…