Hobart’s Funnies – The Special Tanks Of WWII
The landings in Normandy demanded new sorts of hybrid tanks that were capable of fulfilling multiple engineering tasks to provide maximum support to the infantry.…
MUST READ: 42 amazing images from a dive onto U89 by Dr Innes McCarthy the U Boat hunter
Amazing images from Dr Innes McCartney – the condition of this wreck is incredible. U89 survived just over six months in service before it sunk…
Female World War Two spies leave unhonoured legacy
One of Britain’s female World War Two spies dies and leaves behind a bomb scare after weapons and munitions were discovered at her home. Eileen…
Tributes Paid to the 101st Airborne Division in Normandy
On the eve of, perhaps the most celebrated WWII victory ‘the D-Day’ the largest airborne fleets were about to write history by invading Nazi controlled…
Last Blenheim Bomber restored to flying glory
[Via] A Blenheim bomber used during World War Two has been restored to its former glory in tribute to the pilots and crew of Royal…
Could a Wartime Music Sheet Hold the Secret to Hitler’s Treasure Stash? Violin Maker Says Yes!
For violin maker Cyril Whistler, music is a treasure literally, that is, the wartime music sheet of Gottfried Federlein’s Marsch-Impromptu as according to him, it holds…
The Time English Soldiers went to Battle without Pants, and Won
The Hundred Years War fought between France and England through the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries saw a number of important and impressive battles as…
8 Historical Figures who were as crazy as Adolf Hitler
Hitler has successfully made his way as a symbol of tyranny and illogical totalitarianism, but very few people know that he was not the worse…
Ghosts of Time: 10 Incredible Pictures of Normandy 1944 and Now Combined!
Haunting images take you back to Normandy 1944, combining historical photographs with their modern-day settings. You can follow Adam Surreys work on Facebook: Ghosts of Time…
‘We were inseparable’ Missouri Marine killed in Vietnam remembered by friends and family
By Jeremy P. Amick Though many decades have passed since Corporal John Allen Campbell lost his life while serving with the Marine Corps in Vietnam,…
World War Two spy dies at 100
[Via] A World War Two spy veteran has died at the age of 100. Elizabeth McIntosh was born and bred in Hawaii and began a…
One of the Last Surviving Nazi War Criminal dies in Canada
[Via] A Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail has reported that one of last surviving Nazi war criminal has died at the age of 93. Simon…