Bringing Back The Jeep – The US Military Looks Back To The Classic All-Purpose Vehicle
75 years ago last year, the U.S. military adopted the jeep. The military jeep was eventually replaced with the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV),…
‘Spitfire: The Legend Lives On’ – Review by Mark Barnes
I am by no means a hardened veteran of the airshow circuit, but I have snapped quite a few aircraft in my time. These days…
“The Forces Sweetheart,” Dame Vera Lynn, Aged 99, Honored By British Queen For Her Services In WW2
“We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when, but I know we’ll meet again some sunny day,” crackled out over the radio during WWII.…
MATILDA DIARIES Part 5 – Follow The Renovation Of This Historic Second World War Tank
Following on from the news regarding the Matilda II renovation, a new series of videos are being produced for The Tank Museum’s YouTube channel that…
American WWII Vet Who Crewed a B17 In The Controversial Bombing of Dresden On His 19th Birthday
On February 15th, 1945, Roland Kinzer turned 19. On that day, Kinzer participated in the firebombing of Dresden with the rest of the crew of…
Sobibor Death Camp: Archaeologists Reveal Its Horrors
The Nazi Holocaust remains one of the most horrific events to stain the bloody history of the 20th century. Though Jewish people took the brunt…
The Kliment Voroshilov (KV) Heavy Tank – The Russian Colossus That Defied Hitler’s Panzers!
Before the second world war, the Soviets developed several heavy tank prototypes. Other than the mentioned KV models there were the multi-turreted T-35 and the…
The Heroic US Coast Guard Cutter Crew Who Battled U-Boats In The First World War
The Navy Cross is awarded for valor and heroism while in service with the United States Naval Forces. Since its creation in 1919, there have…
“Tip Of The Spear” – Review by Mark Barnes
Here is another impressive book from Stackpole Publishing, this time looking at the vista of German armoured reconnaissance vehicles, unit organisation and action on all…
A WW2 US Coast Guard Hero – Securing the Ports Which Were Essential To D-Day’s Success
The northern French coast, from Brittany to Pas-de-Calais has a plethora of ports of all sizes. Today, it is easy to overlook their importance, but…
The Janissaries – An Elite Ottoman Army Unit Who Became Public Enemy No1
The walls of Vienna trembled on 27th of September, 1529, as strange music echoed close by. The sound of hundreds of drums stopped the heartbeats…
The WW2 Tests That Produced Napalm – The United States’ Mock WWII German & Japanese Villages
It’s well known that the U.S. Army built a myriad of projects in the southwestern deserts of the States to test various new kinds of…