M1 HELMET LINERS – All You Need To Know!
Olivier Dorrell returns to guide us through an immensely important subject to collectors and re-enactors. The M1 helmet was a unique and practical solution, compared…
10 Of The World’s Biggest Warships
Ships have ruled the seas long before aircraft were created and even though technology has developed other methods of warfare, a country’s navy continues to…
ON THIS DAY! Paris Liberated By The Free French Forces, August 25th 1944
Image Courtesy of Wikipedia After the Allied Forces landed in Normandy and finally penetrated the German lines, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, American General Dwight…
Ju87 Stuka Dive Bombers in Action with Sound and Sirens WW2 Luftwaffe Footage
The Stuka got its nickname from the German word Sturzkampfflugzeug or dive-bomber, the official designation was Junkers Ju-87. The first plane prototype Stuka flew in…
British Sniper Kills SIX Taliban Fighters With a SINGLE Bullet From Half a Mile Away
A Coldstream Guards marksman on one of the last tours of duty carried out by the British in Afghanistan in December 2013 managed to kill…
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…
The Story Behind the M-1 Garand Rifle and the story of John C. Garand – from The American Legion Magazine, 1939
From The American Legion Magazine, 1939 SHARP CRACKS of a RIFLE “THE sharp crack of a rifle rang out, and another enemy bit the dust.”…
AMAZING: Recovery & Restoration of a German Halftrack SdKfz 8/DB 10 (image heavy)
A Previously Unknown Armored version, based on the famous Sd.Kfz 8 FAMO artillery tractor, was recovered from the Pilica River in Poland. It is believed…
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…
10 Best WWII Fighter Aircraft
Over a period of six years of conflict, from 1939 to 1945, aircraft designs had progressed in leaps and bounds. From the obsolete biplane to…
Why Did the French Army Collapse So Quickly? – Omnibooks Magazine, 1942
This article from Omnibooks Magazine, published in 1942, looks back on the fall of France Q. Why did France fall? A. Because the French people…
20 Color WWII Photos Look Like They Were Taken Yesterday
We found some amazing color photographs of aircraft in World War II. They were all taken in 1942 and recently released by the Library of…