Quiet Man: When Cadets at The US Air Force Academy Realized Their Janitor Was Medal Of Honor Hero
Some men’s greatness is not immediately apparent to observers, and that was certainly true of William Crawford. The quiet, seemingly unremarkable man worked as a janitor…
Remember the Vought XSB2U-1 Vindicator? Here Are 24 Images to Remind You
In the 1930s, military technology was on the rise, especially when it came to aircraft. Various companies were working together with governments in Germany, Great…
Want to Operate an Flak 88? Three Excellent Operator’s Manuals From Haynes
I’m a fan of these Haynes operator’s manuals and there seems to be no end to subjects the publisher is willing to approach. I had…
100 Beautiful Colourised Photos of WW1 for the 1918-2018 Centenary
I began colourising black and white photos professionally in 2014, coinciding with the centenary of the outbreak of WW1 in 1914. Around the world there…
Ike returned to Normandy with Walter Cronkite 20 years after D-Day
“Soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force: You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many…
Amputation Without any Surgical Tools: Amazing Story of a Daring Escape From German Troops
Snow blindness, frostbite, gangrene, and amputation without any surgical tools. These are all things that can kill a person, and adding in WWII as well…
A Five-Foot Finnish Farmer The Deadliest Sniper In History
The White Death became Finland’s (and, arguably, the world’s) most prolific and famous sniper. During the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940, he achieved an estimated 500…
Last WWI tank casualty identified – Eric Robinson
The last member of the Tank Corps to be killed in the First World War has been identified – and he died just days before…
Color Footage of Normandy: More Visceral Than Any Hollywood Film
The Allied landing at Normandy in June 1944 was the most ambitious and massive amphibious invasion ever staged. Hundreds of thousands of men from countries…
The SAS Italian Job: Many of those murky events in the spring of 1945 remain governed by secrecy to this day
If you glance through the list of other works by Damien Lewis at the start of the book on offer here, you will see a…
Bought a Tank & Found $2.6 Million in Gold Bullion Inside
Supplying movie and TV crews with tanks for period and wartime dramas is just one of the tasks performed by Tanks-A-Lot, a British company in…
Rick Rescorla: The Vietnam Veteran Who Saved 2,700 Lives on 9/11
The Battle of la Drang Valley was the first major engagement of the Vietnam War. Some 36 years later, the first major battle of the…