Saratoga was one of only two pre-war carriers that saw combat service in the Pacific and survived. The attack on Pearl Harbour saw the ship off...
These days you always hear about how Britain was able to withstand the German attacks on a daily basis and how heroic the Brits were. To go along...
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, using the false pretext of a faked "Polish attack" on a German border post. On September 3, the...
On 20 April 1918 Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, commander of Jagdgeschwader Nr I, achieved his 79th and 80th victories to become the...
Nicholas Straussler Born in 1891, Nicholas Straussler Settled in Britain shortly before the Second World War. He already enjoyed a reputation as...
Oberst Gunther Lutzow Gunther Lutzow was born in Kiel on 4 September 1912. Despite being a student of theology, he was drawn to a military...
Oberst Werner Baumbach Werner Baumbach was born on 27 December 1916 in the town of Cloppenburg. Fascinated by flying from an early age, as a...
Major Helmut Wick Helmut Wick was born in Mannheim in the State of Baden on 5 August 1915. Living near an airfield, he developed a fascination...
Fregattenkapitan Otto Kretschmer Otto Kretschmer was probably the greatest of the World War II U-boat aces. He was born in Heidau, Silesia, on...
General der Flieger Albert Kesselring Albert Kesselring was born in Marktsheft on 20 November 1885. He joined the army as an officer cadet at...
Taken from the Military intelligence service war department Washington, U.S Army Military History Institute 15th June 1943. Please see...
The DUKW was designed by Rod Stephens Jr of Sparkman & Stephens Inc. (Yacht Designers), Dennis Puleston, a British Deep Water Sailor & Frank W....
During the 1930's one of several fundamental fighter debates concerned the Long-Range Escort. Generally assumed to be twin engined, and have a...
Bielefeld, western Germany, 14th March 1945. The Lancaster B.1 (Special) heading towards its target had been unable to reach more than 14,000ft...
In the 1930's the RAF were concerned with Twin Engined Medium Bombers such as the Handley Page Hampden & Armstrong Whitworth Whitley. In the USA &...
The Me 262 was perceived by many as a last ditch Wonder Weapon by the Germans to try and save the dire situation they were in following reversals...
The Churchill was the earliest British Heavy Tank. It was a modified version of the A20 which had Side Sponsons, much like the WWI Tanks. However...
STEN is an acronym of - Major R.V. Shepherd, Mr. Harold Turpin & the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield. Shepherd & Turpin are the credited...
612 Movie Titles (& WWII Links) 1940 - 2000 In STRICT alphabetical order ("A" and "The" up front) 36 Hours 49th Parallel 633...
No other Aircraft in History was ever more feared, nor accomplished more, when conditions were right for it's use, than the Junkers Ju 87....