Hand-in-hand with the tricky art of large scale camouflage goes wholesale deception of the enemy with dummy tanks and guns, fake towns and wharves...
On December 7, 1941, Miller awoke at 6:00 A.M. and was collecting laundry when the alarm for general quarters was sounded. He headed for his...
A small incident on the last day of the fighting on Betio cost First Sergeant Lewis J. Michelony, Jr. his sense of smell. Michelony, a member of...
In war there are always innocent casualties. Sometimes, for purposes of maintaining morale during WW2 some tragedies were not widely reported. Of...
[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] Heinkel He 111 Role Medium bomber Manufacturer Heinkel Flugzeugwerke Designed by Siegfried and...
This account is based on the dispatches to The Daily Telegraph by its correspondents Martin Moore and Marsland Gander back in 1943. A...
Australians posing around an abandoned German 15cm artillery piece after the battle of EI Alamein; note the variety of clothing and headgear. [img]
Convoy PQ17 had become the bait in a trial of strength between the Allied and German Navies. A serious error of judgement resulted in a huge...
Crews of of vessels sunk by enemy action have several times navigated small boats in masterly fashion, but a more unusual feat was performed by...
Abandoned Soviet BM-13-16 Rocket Launcher coded M-620-97 mounted on STZ-5 NATI tracked tractor from the 5th Guard Rocket Artillery Regiment,...
Bergen Bruno Shortly after the invasion of Norway in 1940, the Germans established naval bases at several ports, Bergen being one of the most...
Both the 12-ton Sd.Kfz. 8 half-track (at right) and the 8.8cm Flak 36 it is towing are camouflaged with a dark yellow pattern over dark grey. They...
Born in Gandersheim on 8 March 1897, Herbert Otto Gille entered the Imperial Army as a cadet. He served in Baden Feldartillerie Regiment Nr 30...
The Chindits were the brainchild of Brigadier Orde Wingate. Wingate was an unorthodox commander who had formed "Gideon Force" during 1940 to...
In 1937 the prototype of the Carro Armato M 11/39 tank was built, with the suspension system of the L3 tankette but with six road wheels on each...
In May 1945, LtGen Tadamichi Kuribayashi had been summoned to the office of the Japanese Prime Minister, General Tojo, and told that he would be...
Can you believe that people in this day actually think this is true? I had a discussion with a few White supremacists that swear the holocaust did...
U-85 was a Type VII-B U-boat commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Eberhard Greger. The 85 had limited success on its three tours, and was out looking...
Really suprised that no-one has mentioned this totally vintage all time, all star classic ok its slightly on th elong side so set aside an entire...
The Deed. He was 35 years old, and a Temporary Major in The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, British Army, attd. The South Staffordshire...