Guest Blogger Hans Wiesman – The Dakota Hunter
Most interesting view on 3 iconic WWII Workhorses in one photo. The Harley Davidson Liberator WL 750 cc, the Douglas C-47 Dakota and the Jeep,…
World War Two Landmines Still a Threat in Northern Egypt
Seventy years after the end of World War Two, landmines that were buried in northern Egypt are still killing or injuring people in the local…
New Search for Missing RAF Air Crew
A new search has been instigated by the families of missing RAF air crew members whose plane crashed in northern Germany during World War Two…
Missing German soldiers to be given proper burials
German soldiers who were missing and buried in the devastation of one of the last battles of World War Two are being recovered and given…
World War Two US Navy Ace Fighter Pilot Dies
Alex Vraciu, a World War Two US Navy ace fighter pilot, has died at the age of 96. Alex joined the Air Force’s Fighting Squadron…
Norfolk Barns may have been Built by Nazi Sympathisers
Strange barns in Norfolk’s North Pickenham, in England’s south east, have been linked to a possible World War Two plot by Nazi sympathisers. With World…
New Enigma Code Documents Discovered at Bletchley Park
Alan Turing, the famous World War Two British Engima code breaker, is said to have had notes and documents stuffed into the wall cavities of…
The “Glorious Glosters” Greatest Battle – When 650 Glosters were up against 10.000 Chinese
Unique in all the British Army, the “Glorious Glosters” wear badges on the front and the rear of their berets. This right was earned in…
World War One Captain Returned to Prisoner of War Camp of Own Accord
During World War One a British Army captain who was being held as a prisoner of war in Germany was given permission to leave and…
How Spying Devices Supported the War Effort
During the war, spies and soldiers needed to conceal all kinds of objects and messages in order to evade the enemy. Normal, everyday items became…
Nuremberg Trials’ Nazi Paraphernalia being Auctioned
A private collection of Nazi paraphernalia used during the Nuremberg trials as evidence against members of the Nazi regime is going to be put up…
70th Anniversary of Operation Frankton Commemorated
70 years ago the British Royal Marines took part in a small, but vital, mission known as Operation Frankton, which was destined to move the…