The Treaty of San Francisco was officially signed by 49 nations on the 8th September 1951. It came into force on the 28th of April 1952 and...
Contrary to popular belief, General George Patton never owned a pair of pearl handled pistols. As the General, himself, would sharply point out...
The only Luftwaffe formations I can discover to be using Messerschmitt fighter-bombers during the Battle of Britain were (initially)...
The DUKW 2½-ton amphibious truck was developed by the US National Defence Research Council to a military specification in October 1942. The...
In June 1940 the US army issued a specification calling for a 1/4–ton combat truck with all-wheel drive to carry a 600lb payload and weigh no more...
Manpower Finns: 14,200 Russians: 17,500 Rifles Finns: 11,000 Russians: 14,000 Sub Machine Guns Finns:: 250 Russians: Nil Automatic rifles...
Fascinating...Can you tell me more about the Finnish Civil War (there seems to be very little on the subject written in English)? Also...Are the...
Which is not really very surprising bearing in mind that the largest ethnic minority in Finland are Swedish speaking Finns (about 5% of the...
Without question, HMS Cossack was the most famous Destroyer of the Second World War. The story of HMS Cossack could easily have come out of the...
The Albemarle originated as the Bristol type 155 design to meet an Air Ministry requirement of 1938 for a twin engined bomber. Production was...
With their husbands away in the services many women desperate for more money were forced to accept low wages and bad conditions, there was no...
Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles (1919), the German Navy was not allowed to build armoured ships exceeding 10,000 tons standard...
The arguments for a surprise attack on the American fleet were strong ones, for basically there was a disparity in numbers of modern battleships...
Britain needed more home produced food so as to be less dependant on imports and, with most of the men of working age in the armed forces, the...
Following the Lofoten raid the Commandos were eager for a further raid on other German installations in Norway. Such an opportunity for these...
'Action stations', Tin hats and apprehension; Rush to guns and hoses, engine room And wireless office. Air of tension. Eyes uplifted and some...
In 1940 the War Office despatched Major David Raikes, a serving officer, to act as go-between for Government Departments and the Vauxhall Motor...
GOC: Major-General Richard Gale 3rd Parachute Brigade ( Brigadier James Hill) 8th (Midland Counties) Parachute Battalion (Lt.Col. Alastair...
Finding sufficient weapons to arm the thousands upon thousands of willing volunteers who flocked to join the Home Guard in 1940 was a considerable...
HMS Campeador was a steam yacht owned by Mr V W McAndrew. She was commissioned for patrol service by Commander C H Davey, OBE, Master of the...
