Ten Disturbing War History Urban Legends
There’s a grain of truth in every urban legend and with that said, here are ten disturbing urban legends that rose up throughout the history…
Ingenious Word War Two Women use German Parachute for Making Underwear
The women of a small British village called Earlswood in Warwickshire showed wartime ingenuity to make underwear out of a German parachute, according to a…
Germany’s Luftwaffe Bombing of Britain
In August 1940 Germany’s Luftwaffe undertook a mission to bomb numerous RAF airfields. Their mission, however, went drastically wrong. They bombed off-target and hit many…
Hitler’s bunker – command center and home away from home
Fifty feet below Berlin’s former Reich Chancellery and a few minutes from Potsdamer Platz in central Berlin was Hitler’s bunker or Führer bunker. In the…
WWII veteran recalls a touching experience during the Battle of the Bulge and discovers the crucifix that changed his life forever.
Reg Jans-Battle of the Bulge Historian “I have been returning to Bastogne for the last thirty six years”, recalls US veteran John Primerano from Exeter,…
THE REAL BURGER KING- Fifty three years after the war, WWII veteran receives an unexpected phone call.
By Reg Jans-Battle of the Bulge Historian After having served in the 667th FAB-Headquarters during the Battle of the Bulge and Rheinland campaign, Corporal E.…
World War Two ship wrecks prove increasingly profitable
World War Two ship wrecks, including hundreds of vessels from battleships to submarines, commercial vessels and sailing boats all sunk during the naval battles of…
WWII Stories: The Nazis’ Dolls
Accordingly, German dictator Adolf Hitler allowed the making of sex dolls for his massive Nazi army during the Second World War to combat syphilis [he…
Kwajalein to celebrate the 71st anniversary of “Operation Flintlock” with the one and only veteran of the war
The Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein is going to commemorate the 71st anniversary of “Operation Flintlock”, the battle for Kwajalein Atoll. The military contractors at…
World War One French officer’s bedroom intact after 100 years
A soldier’ who fought and died in World War One is being remembered 100 years after the war. The French officer’s bedroom at his home…
WHO-Tube: Bastogne – The Attack on Foy by the 506th PIR 101st Airborne
Author Ian Gardner and battlefield guide Reg Jans tell us about the attack on Foy by the 506th Parachute Regiment.
Did you know that the Ukraine has TWO Mark V tanks??
These two Mark V Composite Hermaphrodite Tanks were restored in the Luhansk Railway department repair factory 2009. They had been left rusting in local villages…