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Sell Your Kidney & Buy This WWII M-18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer Now For Only 275,000 USD

This is one of the most original M-18s in existence, it is very complete, the engine runs well, has good power, good oil pressure and…

The Sword of Rome: Marcus Claudius Marcellus

All three of the Punic Wars were won by Rome, and the third war saw Carthage’s complete destruction, but there were periods where the Romans…

Montgomery Was Shot Twice During WWI – And Other Things You Might Not Know About Him

Ivano Massari

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…

37 beautiful, sad but touching colourised images of WWII

Jack Beckett

Many thanks go to Doug Banks and his team – the masters of colourisation.  The beauty of these colourised images is that colour, allows you…

Top Ten Battles of All Time

Wars start because of power struggles, and while many become forgotten, others change the destinies of entire nations. Still others shape the world we live in,…

Four Jumps For Freedom: The Duke Boswell Story – Needs YOU!

Henry “Duke” Boswell was tired of life in the North Carolina cotton fields, so he forged his parents’ signatures and joined the Army at 17.…

Wreckage of B-17 Flying Fortress Found in the Sea Near Sicily

A US Army Air Force bomber shot down by Messerschmitt fighters has been found lying on the seabed off the coast of Sicily. The aircraft…

How Caesar Defeated 250,000 Gallics Coming At Them From Two Sides With Only 60,000 Legionnairs

Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars had been raging for over five years when his legions faced their greatest test at the double siege of Alesia, a…

The Greatest German General No One Has Heard Of – Lieutenant General Of Armored Troops Herman Balck

Herman Balck might be one of the most effective German Generals, whose actions are largely forgotten today. He came from a military family, his father,…

The Man Who Volunteered For Auschwitz And Escaped To Tell About The Horrors

Inmate 4859. The Death Camp Volunteer – Beyond Bravery  Thus, I am expected to describe bare facts only, as my colleagues want it. It was…

Was Eva Braun a Naive Bystander or Proactive Participant in Nazi Actions?

In her 2011 book, Eva Braun: Life with Hitler, author Heike G. Gortemaker paints a portrait of an Eva that was more than the often…

YANKS AND LIMEYS – Review by Mark Barnes

However serious a student of World War II you are and whether you live in Boston, Massachusetts or Boston, Lincolnshire, the story of the Anglo-American…