This story was first told in newspapers around April 1945 A man who was thrice condemned by the Gestapo to be executed first by hanging, then...
For Four Years The Germans Tried To Catch Me... Emile Declercq, 23-year-old son of a Belgian grain merchant, was known to the Germans as a...
First Repoted in War Illustrated May 20th 1942 After five months of heroic struggle against overwhelmingly superior numbers, Lieut. Gen. J. M....
First written for the War Illustrated 1942. German fortifications were being built on a large scale along the coasts of Norway, the Low...
Major General Percy Hobart began his career in the Bengal Sappers and Miners and then transferred to the Royal Tank Regiment. He was, therefore,...
Of the 9,386 soldiers interred at Colleville, three of them received the Congress Medal of Honour, the highest distinction of their Country. Frank...
Designed to provide a higher rate of fire than an earlier design, the 2cm Flak 38 proved to be a mainstay of the German light anti-aircraft...
Despite the fact that many artillery pieces were much larger than the strange device known as 'Little David', the fact remains that this weapon...
The Navy’s escort carriers, called “Jeep carriers” or (by the press) “baby flat tops,” never received the headlines or glory accorded their...
The Battle of Huertgen Forest (German: Schlacht im Hürtgenwald) is the name given to the series of fierce battles fought between U.S. and German...
Utah Beach was the furthest west of the five beaches designated for the D-Day landings in June 1944. Located at the base of the Cotentin...
By the Spring of 1944, the Allied preparations for the invasion of France and the initial stages for the liberation of western Europe (Operation...
Control of Southern Europe, the Mediterranean Sea and North Africa was important because the British Empire depended on shipping through the Suez...
Beginning as early as 17 February 1934, the Chief of Army Administration issued orders for the creation and application of helmet insignia...
The German Steel Helmet (Stahlhelm) is one of the most notable of all pieces of 20th century military equipment, its distinctive appearance...
Taken from the Military intelligence service war department Washington, U.S Army Military History Institute 15th June 1943. Please see...
The Russians were slow to realise the need for Self Propelled Mobile Artillery & Assault Guns. During Operation Uranus, the Russian Counter Attack...
The two armies that faced each other across the beaches in the early hours of 6 June 1944 were vastly different in almost every way. One was very...
General Dwight Eisenhower was chosen as Supreme Commander for Overlord because of his success with other landings in other theatres. He had...