WWII Stories: Iris Nigg Lundin – One of the First Women Teachers of WWII Pilots
Iris Nigg Lundin may seem like an ordinary elderly lady at 97 but she had a special spot within the Marines during the Second World War…
WWII Sergeant Finally Gets What He Deserves – A Purple Heart – Posthumously
WWII Sergeant Rodney Williams finally got what he deserved for his service to the country during the Second World War – a Purple Heart. However,…
Tail Wing from Plane of Highest Scoring Night Fighter Ace to be Auctioned
The tail wing of the plane flown by Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, the highest scoring night fighter ace in the whole aerial warfare history is to go under…
Veteran female Spitfire pilot recalls flying during World War Two
A veteran female Spitfire pilot from World War Two recalls her unique war time story at the age of 98. Mary Ellis now lives in…
The Battle of Waterloo: Getting to Know the Iron Duke
With the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo fast approaching, let us get to know the Duke of Wellington, the Iron Duke, who caused the…
50 Years of C-47 Gunship conversions, Spooky man hunts from Vietnam to Colombia – By Hans Wiesman
The first C-47’s converted as “Gunships” flew in Dec. 1964 in Vietnam and their controversial start showed instantly tremendous successes in the close air support,…
U-1206 – The Only Sub to be Sunk By a Dump on the Toilet
The U-1206 was commissioned on March 16, 1944 and a type 7C U-boat. This type U-Boat was equipped with a new type of toilet designed…
Easy Company – Band of Brothers – The Crossroads Battle Explained
Introduction – The Island It is October 2nd, 1944, the 101st Airborne has completed its tasks on Hells Highway around Veghel and Eindhoven and has…
‘Give away: Fury’ DVD & Blu-ray a World of Tanks Fury Tank for PC & family day out
The Tank museum in Bovington in October last year opened the ‘Fury’ exhibition was sponsored generously by Wargaming, an award-winning online game developer and…
Archive of Evil donated to University of Colorado
A Turkish-born businessman has left the largest private Holocaust collection of evidence, documents, artifacts and memorabilia to the University of Colorado’s Jewish Studies program in…
Remnants from Iraq-Iran war seen from space
The International Space Station (ISS) has been picking up images of earth, and particularly of the war torn border between Iraq and Iran. The images…
I ESCAPE! – Review by Wayne Osborne
This book was first published by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd in 1927 and no prizes for guessing what it is about! This is…