Postwar Warsaw Rebuilt from 18th Century Paintings
Polish and Nazi forces clashed violently in and around Warsaw in August of 1944. Polish citizens sought to free themselves from the “dark, black and…
George Kennedy – War Hero and Movie Star Died Age 91
Tall, muscular and fair-haired, George Harris Kennedy, Jr. was born into a show business family on the 18th February 1925 in New York. He died at…
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…
Frankly, I enjoyed the war! Totally Crazy Story of Victoria Cross Hero Who Tore Off His Own Fingers, Lost An Eye, Was Shot In The Skull & But Still Went Back to Battle
It reads more like the unbelievable exploits of the Terminator. But the remarkable heroics ofLieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart are entirely true.…
World War Two Hurricane Excavated From Beachy Head
The daughter and granddaughter of a World War Two Polish pilot have helped to excavate his plane near Brighton in England. Kaziemierz Wünsche crash landed…
A Chaplain at Belsen: Unseen Photos of ‘Hell on Earth’ by Tom Marshall
The temporary sign erected by the British shortly after the camp was liberated. The images contained in this article may be shocking, but are included…
Good bye, WWII Vet and Actor Bob Hastings! (1925-2014)
Best known for his role as the clumsy Lt. Elroy Carpenter in the 1960s TV sitcom McHale’s Navy, actor and real WWII vet Bob Hastings – born…
Ronald Fowler – The WWII pilot who earned the nickname Fearless by flying under bridges
September 27, 2002, the Herald Scotland, wrote a story about a Fearless pilot from World War Two. At the age of 17, Ron Fowler was…
ARTICLE: The Battle of Moerbrugge – Part 3
Moerbrugge: “A Crossing of Opportunity”: As we have seen, the German resistance in Moerbrugge was thought by 4th Canadian Armoured Divisional HQ to have been…
ARTICLE: The First in a Series of WWII Medal Identification by Scott Addington
Campaign Awards for the Second World War (1939-1945) General service within the British and Commonwealth armed forces during the Second World War was rewarded by…
ARTICLE: The Battle of Moerbrugge (September 8th -11th, 1944)
The Belgian town of Moerbrugge was liberated by the Canadian 1st Army on September 10th 1944, after a vicious two-day long battle. The action was…