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A Quick Guide to England for Second World War American Service Personnel

The normal Englishman isn’t rude but shy, said a pamphlet published in 1944 and scheduled for re-publication by the Imperial War Museum. That’s what the…

7 Funny-Looking Tanks That Helped To Win On D-Day

The landings in Normandy demanded new sorts of hybrid tanks that were capable of fulfilling multiple engineering tasks to provide maximum support to the infantry.…

Fearless and Deadly – The Dedicated Young Women Who Fought For Stalin

Soviet women played a major role in World War II  on the Eastern Front. While most women worked in the industry, agriculture, transport, and other…

Take The War History Online World War II Quiz

So you know your World War II History inside out? We challenge you to take our quiz and answer all 20 questions correctly. We all…

Bunker of the “Beast of Auschwitz” Found in a Convent

Fritz Bracht, nicknamed the Beast of Auschwitz, was born in Heiden on the 18th January 1899. After school he trained to become a gardener and…

Japan And America’s Differing Views Of The End Of World War II

US President Obama’s recent visit to Hiroshima was not used to “repair” the narratives about World War II. “Not a chance,” says Carol Gluck, a…

Boeing B-29 “Fifi” Cockpit Checklist Run-through, Engine Start and Take-off (Watch)

In this video, we see a truly magnificent plane – the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, affectionately known as ‘FiFi.’ This Superfortress was built by the aircraft…

D-Day – The Mind Blowing Numbers

Here are the numbers that tell you everything you need to know about D-Day. 2 Mulberry Harbours: A raid on Dieppe had taught the British…

Ham & Jam – The Daring Glider Operation To Take Pegasus Bridge

On the night before D-Day, as part of the Allied invasion of Normandy, 181 men of the Glider Infantry of the British 6th Airborne Division…

5 Fast Facts – Bringing the USA Into The War – Japan Attacks America At Pearl Harbor (Watch)

Five Things about the attack on Pearl Harbor that may be new to you, we start with two and the rest follows in the video.…

Fantastic! Starting & Driving The Only Operational King Tiger In The World (Watch)

The common name of Nazi Germany’s heavy tank is “Tiger II” but it is also known under the informal name Königstiger. This often is translated…

A Taste of Her Father’s Experiences – Daughter Who Flew In Her Father’s Corsair F4U

After a flight, recently, in a Corsair F4U once flown by Ferril Purdy, his daughter Gayla Maier said to him, after jumping from the plane,…