20 Amazing Propaganda Images of The Atlantic Wall
The Atlantic wall, meant to be an impregnable line of beach obstacles, bunkers and minefields, was breached in Normandy on most places within a couple of…
The forgotten ACES: Air gunner ACES of WWII (image heavy)
Fighter aces are seen as gods and heroes by society and history. Many books, programmes, films and interviews about them – and rightly so.…
Secret supply of Nazi goods discovered
[Via] A secret supply of Nazi food and alcohol has been discovered underneath a restaurant in Germany. The stockpile of World War Two goodies is…
New documentary details death toll of World War Two
Just over 70 years ago the US Army established the first war cemetery in Europe. Thousands of US soldiers were killed during the D-Day invasion…
SS Richard Montgomery wreck in danger of explosion
A local Kent man has been criticised for posing in the middle of the Thames estuary next to a World War Two ship wreck that…
JAGDPANTHER – Review by Mark Barnes
I haven’t been since the controversial modifications of the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth were completed, but friends tell me they have ripped the guts…
The Abandoned Bunkers and Fortresses of the Maginot Line
The Maginot Line was a series of fortifications built by the French Government in the 1930s. It ran along the border with Germany and was…
19 sad, tragic but mesmerising colourised images of WWII
We are used to viewing the war in black and white. So when you get to see colourised images it brings the war to…
Did You Know They Landed Trains in Normandy Too?
A low number of LST (Landing Ship Tank) were modified to function as Train Ferries, the shallow draft of the LST allowed them to dock…
WOW! Cold War space race – abandoned space shuttles WOW (image heavy)
One aspect of the Cold War between the United States and USSR was the Space Race competition between both countries to see who could develop…
World War One poster collection goes to auction
A large poster collection of World War One government propaganda is to be sold by auction. The collection was started by a US Army officer…
Battle of Waterloo – that changed Europe’s destiny – Statistics!
Two hundred years ago, Napoleon, aged 46, escaped from Elba and reached France where he mustered his old army of 123000 men. He dethroned the…