Awesome! Red Army War Sleds With Airplane Engines & Guns!
The Winter War of 1939, between Finland and the Soviet Union, convinced the Soviets to develop more effective tactics in the so-called “General Winter” conditions.…
Remembering Sir Nicholas Winton, British “Schindler” Who Rescued Hundreds of Children During the Holocaust
Hundreds of people who were rescued as children by a man described as “Britain’s Oskar Schindler” gathered together to attend a special service in honor…
This Man Sent a Threatening Letter to Hitler in 1941 – He Died in a Concentration Camp
In March 1941, The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was in a dire position. Hitler was insisting that the country join the Tripartite Pact, as it served…
Canadian War Museum Pulled up for Salute Error
Army expert and military veteran Terry Hunter was wandering around the World War Women exhibit at the Canadian War Museum when he noticed a poster…
U.K.’s Largest Ever Hoard of Illegal Weapons Leads to Jail Time for Dealer
In 2014, police found 463 illegal firearms in the home of James Arnold, a crane operator and parish councilman who lived in the village of…
Thousands of tons of unexploded Second World War bombs in Germany
German bomb-disposal experts are the busiest in the world. Each year they deal with more than 2,000 tons of high explosives – mainly Second World…
WWII B-26 Pilot Flew 75 Missions In The “Widow-maker”
Born in Brooklyn in 1921, Leon Leshay grew up in Massachusetts. He studied science at a Rhode Island college, where he had an opportunity to…
Historic Guernsey Fort for sale – Bring £2 million
The island of Guernsey, situated off the coast of Normandy is a British Crown Dependency. It is not a part of the British Isles but…
Awesome! Red Army War Sleds With Airplane Engines & Guns!
The Winter War of 1939, between Finland and the Soviet Union convinced the Soviets to develop more effective tactics in the so-called “General Winter” conditions.…
Operation Iceberg, The Largest Amphibious Invasion In The Pacific
Two Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines advance on Wana Ridge on 18 May 1945. Codenamed Operation Iceberg, the invasion of Okinawa was the…
Polish Codebreakers Cracked Enigma In 1939, before Alan Turing
The Polish government is calling for recognition for the Polish mathematicians who provided indispensable aid to Alan Turing in cracking the German Enigma code during…
World War Two Ex-serviceman Recalls the Dangers He Faced as a Tail-gunner in Bombing Raids on Germany
As time has passed and the 70th anniversary of the final year of the Second World War has been reached, most surviving servicemen are now…