5 Very Different Experiences: The D-Day Beaches
The experiences of Allied troops landing on D-Day were very different. The paratroopers scattered by poor weather across hundreds of miles of countryside faced different…
28 Fanastic Saving Private Ryan Behind The Scenes Images
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 Not-So-Great Escape: German POWs Biggest POW Breakout Happened just two days before Christmas 1944
Tunneling through walls, or through cement flooring. Dissolving metal bars with salsa, or the rough end of a nail file. A simple, quick slip through…
Gestapo Torture Chamber Under Eiffel Tower! Shocking
The Geheime Staatspolizei, known by its more infamous abbreviated name The Gestapo, was the official Secret State Police sanctioned and used by Nazi Germany throughout…
Top Nazi Hunter vows to hunt for another decade despite declining numbers
Jens Rommel is an active hunter for Nazi war criminals. He is motivated to make sure that these heinous crimes do not disappear into history…
Sussex Coast: Vintage Shell Found, Blown Up in a Controlled Explosion
Another WW II shell was found off Sussex coast Monday, March 22. It was set off by the Royal Navy Bomb Disposal Team who responded to…
MESSERSCHMITT Bf 109 – Review by Mark Barnes
Caraktère Presse et Éditions are based in sunny Aix-en-Provence in France. They produce a number of vibrant looking magazines filled with superb archive imagery and…
Project Faces of Margraten Connects Faces to American War Graves In The Netherlands
Dutch families by the thousands have tended the graves of American servicemen who were killed in World War II. For them, it is a gesture…
Georgian Uprising and Subsequent Massacre on Texel – Western Europe’s Last Battle Of WWII
This was not the actual last battle in Europe, although I believe it is the last one in Western Europe. However, this story is a fascinating…
April 3, 1942 – When Japan Launched The Final Attack Against Bataan Peninsula
April 3, 1942 – The day when Japanese troops staged its final attack against the Allied forces camped in Bataan, the peninsula which guarded Manila…
New Real-life War on Terror Docu-series “Live to Tell” to Air on History Channel
A new documentary series called Live to Tell has been authorized to go into production by the History Channel. It will give real-life, first person…
The Devil of Rabaul: Japanese Ace With 88 Kills Who Died in the Passenger Seat
“In the ocean of the military, reflective of all distinguished pilots, an honored Buddhist person.” So translates the name awarded to Japanese pilot Hiroyoshi Nishizawa…