Tank Crews in WWII – Who Did What in a Tank
Tanks have certainly played a large role in mechanising modern warfare. Their significance for both the First and Second World Wars cannot be underestimated, and…
WORLD WAR II: From Blitzkrieg to Hiroshima – Review by Mark Barnes
This book is re-released in time for the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. It was overseen by the late Richard Holmes; the…
Don’t miss out!!! With up to 20 actors attending the Brothers Actors Autograph Signings in Normandy
Foxhole Norman will not being going for help this time – he will be signing your poster, T shirt, book or anything else you would…
Sergeant ‘Smokey’ Smith VC: I don’t take prisoners, period. I’m paid to kill them, then takes out 3 Panthers
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…
Dan Snow: Second Battle of Ypres – The Dawn of Chemical Warfare
100 years ago this week my great grandfather was serving in the Ypres Salient. On 22 April at 5pm he noticed, ‘a whitish blue mist…
You know these, right?! 11 house hold names that worked with the Nazis during WWII
Kodak The famous camera company’s German branch actually used slave labor from German concentration camps. Several European branches of Kodak did extensive business with the…
WWII veteran who survived 70 attacks on Nazis died in a road accident
Doug Gregory, a hero of WWII, who was awarded the famous DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross), conducted over 70 successful RAF attacks against the Nazis and…
Books from Uniform Press: Take Me To France and The New Army in Training – By Mark Barnes
Our friends at Uniform Press have two interesting World War One related books out this spring, both of which are new editions of contemporary titles…
Allied Special Service Force actions remembered by veterans
Now 91 years old, Harry Wilks, a World War Two hero has been telling his story of being a part of the First Special Service…
An amazing tale of a US soldier saved by a Nazi doctor
The Second World War has countless tales of heroic escapes and daring adventures, but some stories that came out of this war restore one’s faith…
The Colorful Formation Ships of The Mighty Eighth
Assembly ships were retired bombers that were still flyable. They were painted in unique paint schemes so large groups of bombers could find them in…
Remembering Hiroo Onoda: Japanese Soldier who Fought WWII for 29 Years After It Ended!
Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese soldier a brave and an amazing survivor. However, he was surviving and fighting for a war that has long since…