HAWKER HURRICANE SURVIVORS – Review by Mark Barnes
We haven’t taken a stroll down Grub Street for a while. I confess I have been using another book they sent me as reference material…
Llewellyn Chilson: America’s Neglected Warrior, Driving With One Hand & Shooting With The Other – 200 Lay Dead
Llewellyn Morris “Al” Chilson was born on April Fools’ Day, 1 April 1920 in Dayton, Ohio to a WWI veteran. The family later moved to the…
D-Day hero Dies The Day After Receiving France’s Highest Honor
On June 6th 1944 some 7000 ships took part in D-Day, one of the largest seaborne invasion in world history. A total of 132,000 allied…
Convoy Veterans Defy British Warnings to Visit Crimea
In an open defiance to British Authorities’ advice, three Second World War veterans have made the trip to the hostile Crimea Peninsula to pay respects…
Memories recovered – Memories of WWI veteran unearthed at Jefferson City antique store
By Jeremy P. Ämick Military history can be uncovered in the most unexpected locations, as demonstrated by a recent visit to a Jefferson City antique…
Civil War Canons Recovered from the River in S. Carolina
No one could imagine that in the famous Pee-Dee River in Florence lies a war relic that could uplift the morale of the whole community.…
Leonidas I, Sparta’s Greatest Warrior King
King Leonidas I is the most famous general in the history of Sparta, and perhaps the whole of Greece. Disappointingly little is known about the…
Japanese Zero fighter to make first flight over Japan for 70 years
[Via] The Japanese Zero fighter plane was a Japanese-made aircraft and was the icon of the Japanese Imperial Navy throughout World War Two. Now one…
6 Reasons Why the English Should Have Lost at Agincourt
The Battle of Agincourt is an iconic moment in English military history. On 25 October 1415, an army of English raiders under Henry V faced…
Goering’s final message to Hitler on display at Natick Museum
In the final days of World War Two, the Nazi leadership was in chaos. The Soviet Red Army was advancing from the east and Berlin…
TWO German WWII Halftracks Pulled From River in Poland
Two rare German halftracks from WWII – a Sd. Kfz. 250 – light armored halftrack and a Sd. Kfz. 7 halftrack artillery tractor were excavated form…
The Battleship of Union Square: How a 200ft Wooden ‘Destroyer’ Got Recruits To Join the Navy
The destroyer USS Recruit docked at Manhattan’s Union Square in 1917, but was in fact a wooden replica that was used as a recruitment drive to encourage civilians…