After Being Demoted to Private Nine Separate Times, This Canadian Was Awarded the Victoria Cross
If you ask any combat infantryman, you will hear that there are men who make their life easy in garrison and men who make their…
Goodbye, WWII Vet and “Great Escape” Survivor Paul Royle [1914-2015]
WWII veteran and “Great Escape” survivor Paul Royle – one of the only two living “Great Escape” survivors – passed away Friday, August 28. He…
The 5 Best D-Day Movies Ever!
72 years after D-Day, the successful invasion of France has been featured in countless movies, series and computer games. Because we know you don’t have time…
VIVE LA FRANCE! Reviewed by Mark Barnes
Stunning books dealing with uniforms, equipment and weaponry have been coming out of France for quite some time and I am never disappointed by the…
Family fined for taking term-time trip to Battle of Arnhem site
A family from Blackpool in England is being fined by local authorities after taking their 13 year old son out of school during term time…
Race against Time to Solve Riddle of Japanese Pilot Shot down in Northern Australia
On the rugged northern coast of Australia, in the area known as the Kimberleys, lies the historical coastal town of Broome, famous for its pearl…
Vickers Armstrongs Type E – Used In The Winter War!
The fourth in a series of short films about some of the vehicles in our collection presented by The Tank Museum’s historian David Fletcher MBE.…
Seven Bodies from the USS Oklahoma Found and in Process of Identification
Since the December 7th 1941 bombing of the USS Oklahoma, many of its crew are still reported as missing in action. Recently there have been seven…
The W.A.V.E Who Wowed Frank Sinatra
Is it possible Frank Sinatra would be crooning a tune to the girls in the Navy? Yes indeed. It happened at the Woman Accepted for…
The 10 Of The Biggest Military Planes Ever Built
We’ve flipped through the pages of aviation history to bring you ten of the biggest, heaviest, weirdest and most astounding aircraft ever built. Antonov An-225…
2009: German Town Centre with Provocative Mass Display of Garden Gnomes Giving Nazi Salute
An unusual sight greeted people one morning in 2009 in a town in southern Germany. Upon reaching the town centre they found it had been…
Rare WW2 German Combat Footage
See this extraordinary combat footage from WWII! Watch, as it begins with the German soldiers marching in their famous or – depending on your preference…