WWII | War History

Dodge – Flying Control Conversion

Flying Control Conversion Well known 8th USAAF historian and mv enthusiast, Steve A. Carr, likes to do something different and in this article Steve converts…

THE LAST PRUSSIAN

Mark Barnes

THE LAST PRUSSIAN A Biography of Field Marshal Gerd von Runstedt by Charles Messenger Old soldiers never die, they only fade away. In this timely…

TONY BANNER took his Dodge WC to Normandy and puts Coulsdon on the map

Jack Beckett

Well I’ve been back quite a while now but the memories remain strong. Eighteen months of planning all done. What a trip, the weather was…

Flamming Panzer III

Flammpanzer III (SdKfz 141/3) Flamethrower system was located in the turret of the vehicle, a PzKpfw III Ausf M, along with a MG 34 coaxially,…

TRACING YOUR SERVICE WOMEN ANCESTORS

Mark Barnes

TRACING YOUR SERVICE WOMEN ANCESTORS A Guide For Family Historians There has been good business in the burgeoning market for genealogy for a few years…

GERMAN ARMY IN NORMANDY 12TH HITLERJUGEND PANZER DIVISION DVD

Mark Barnes

GERMAN ARMY IN NORMANDY 12TH HITLERJUGEND PANZER DIVISION There is little doubt that the Hitlerjugend Division retains a fearsome reputation as a result of the…

Aircraft First Aid Kits

Jack Beckett

These two First Aid Kits belonged to a B-17 from the 303rd Bomb Group. It was lost while climbing to altitude to join the formation…

M201/MB Differences

Well known 8th USAAF historian and mv enthusiast, Steve A. Carr, has many of the answers in this four part series of articles that jeep…

Denmarks left over WWII German Minefields

Denmark is affected by antipersonnel mines left from World War II. In 1944, the entire Skallingen Peninsula in Jutland on the Danish west coast was…

Time Traveller – Pfc Jamie “J-mac” Macpherson

I followed down the hill across a stream and onto a steep hill. We came under heavy sniper fire.

Spuduka’s Pillbox Upper Thames set

Keith

To give some background you have to go back to 1940 when the UK was at risk from Germany invading after the fall of France.…

Stoneleigh Militaria Fair

Well it was the first show of the season and we were lucky that it was just a cold day and that the bad weather held off.