MoH Leonard A. Funk: U.S. paratrooper who took out 40 Germans in 60 seconds
It goes without saying that many gallant actions of war are often never recorded and lost to the passage of time as they are treated…
Strange Cluster of Ruined Buildings Was to Be Hitler’s Californian Base
Set in the hills on the outskirts of Los Angeles, in a quiet valley in the Will Rogers Historic Park, is the unlikeliest of sights.…
15 Unbelievable Pictures From P-38 Glacier Girl You’ve Never Seen Before
On 15 July 1942, poor weather and limited visibility forced six P-38 fighters and two B-17 bombers to return to Greenland while they were en…
Hermann Goering’s Brother Righteous Among the Nations?
The accolade ‘Righteous among the Nations’ is awarded by the State and people of Israel to non-Jewish individuals who risked their lives to rescue Jews…
Holocaust Survivor WWII Letters Sheds Light On Divisive Jewish Councils
Mirjam Levie was born in Amsterdam in 1917. In 1938, she was still living in Amsterdam and had become engaged to Leo Bolle. He left…
Wheatcroft Collection: VERY rare 1939 Mercedes 770K starts its restoration & will be on public view once complete
The Wheatcroft Collection in the United Kingdom is a large and important collection of historical softskin and armoured military vehicles. It is one of the largest…
‘My own decisions’ Veteran served as Navy corpsman while assigned to Marine Corps in Japan
Enlisting in the Navy in 1951, California, Mo., resident Richard Schroeder went on to become a Navy corpsman attached to the United States Marine Corps…
US plans to protect Atlantic Torpedo Alley graveyard
The US Government has announced plans to protect historic military wrecks off the coast of North Carolina as they are the largest concentration of WWII…
Roman Military Ranks: 12 Key Officers and Soldiers in the Roman Army Ranks
The Roman Empire saw one of the first truly professional armies in history, and became the inspiration for European armies that followed it. Though its…
The British Are Coming to PlayStation®4! – Wargaming adds over 40 vehicles and 11 new maps to World of Tanks
Wargaming today announced the first massive content update for World of Tanks on PlayStation®4 has gone live worldwide! The game, which has already surpassed 1…
9 Feb 1945: Victory at the Colmar Pocket, Germans Eviction From The West Bank of The Rhine
On 9 February 1945, the last German forces on the west bank of the River Rhine were defeated by the French and Americans. The defeat…
5 Rules of Chivalry and How They Were Broken
In the Middle Ages, chivalry was more than just a name for polite behaviour. It was a set of rules meant to limit the actions…