WWII Secret mission to save 100s of released British and US PoWs from the hands of the Soviets revealed
Towards the end of World War Two, Captain Robert Timble of the US Army had carried out around 35 bombing raids on important Nazi…
World of Tanks Video: Inside the Tanks – The Jagdtiger
As you may have read, we have partnered up with World of Tanks to bring you some great and cool content. At the bottom of…
The only surviving Horten Ho 229 – “Hitler’s Stealth fighter”
The Horten Ho 229 is generally known by a few unique names. The plane was called the H.IX, by the Horten Brothers. The identity Ho…
Choctaw Soldiers: World War One’s Original Code Talkers
Using the language of Native Americans for military purposes did not just happen during the Second World War; World War One had its share of…
New mass grave site located at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
A new mass grave at the site of the Nazis’ Bergen-Belsen concentration camp has been discovered by researchers from the Netherlands. 70 years ago the…
Isle of Man war time B-17 crash remembered
Just before the end of World War Two in April 1945, troops back in Allied territory such as the UK and France began to relax…
TANK BATTLES OF WORLD WAR I – Review by Mark Barnes
This book was published over forty years ago by Ian Allan and back then it was presented in a larger format fitting in perfectly with…
5 Amazing Animals That Served In The Military Forces
Images Used (From left): (1) An iconic photograph of Bamse wearing a sailor’s cap of the Norwegian Navy during WWII (2) Lin Wang, the Asian…
WWII Amazing Stories: How a Handgun Shot Down a Fighter Plane!
How could a small weapon – a handgun – win over a bigger foe, a fighter plane? The year was 1943. It was the height…
A British truck refuelling a Messershmitt ?? – 10 Bf-109 photos and their pilots you may not have seen before
A German propaganda picture showing a British truck refuelling a BF 109 in the Channel Islands (Source: Bundesarchiv) Pilot Major Günther Rall when getting out…
Aussie 7th Div. drives Japanese into Borneo Jungle, welcomed by head hunting Dayak Tribes – by Hans Wiesman
By 1944, Nippon’s Imperial Navy was desperately fighting to stop the Allied Naval Forces in their island hopping swarming about to the North. The Indonesian…
German Special Forces: The Brandenburg Regiment
The Brandenburg Regiment, part of Germany’s Nazi special forces, was created by Captain Theodor von Hippel. Hippel was a military man, who had served in…