Why Britain's Achievements Astounded the World During WWII In the sixth year of hostilities, Britain's War Cabinet has made possible the world...
After a 12-hour chase in the Arctic gloom the 26,000 ton German Battle Ship Scharnhorst, enticed from her lair in Altenfjord, Northern Norway, by...
The members of the U.S. Merchant Marine were civilians, paid by their civilian employers, and had their own union of seamen to negotiate for...
This story is as first told to the War Illustrated in August 1942. A six day battle against attacking planes recently fought by one of the...
It began early in the night of the 5th and 6th June when paratroops landed. In the small hours, following intense bombing, landings began,...
Lieutenant Commander Reinhart Reche was the Commander of U-255, which sank 25,544 tons of shipping from PQ17. He holds a Knight's Cross for his...
The merchant services of the Allied nations contained some of the greatest unsung heroes of World War II. Repeatedly they faced death as they...
Naval officers and ratings were detailed to instruct the crews of merchant ships in gunnery, and found them apt and eager pupils. The proper way...
A great "naval occasion" was the dramatic engagement between the "Admiral Graf Spee" and the British cruisers on December 13th, in which the...
Over 30,000 seamen from the British merchant navy were lost between 1939 and 1945 and thousands more from the American and other Allied merchant...
News Source : World War II Mystery Solved: Australian Warship Found After 66-Year Search - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News The 1941...
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...
1: Paratrooper, barracks dress, 1942 Navy paratroopers wore this light cap, resembling a field cap but with a side-and-neck piece note ear...
Philip Zec was perhaps the most important of the political cartoonists during the war years. Over this time he produced more than fifteen hundred...
The German Steel Helmet (Stahlhelm) is one of the most notable of all pieces of 20th century military equipment, its distinctive appearance...
The heroism of some of the seamen in the convoys was recognized on October 29, when decorations were awarded to them. The story that led to the...
The campaign which opened on I February 1917 was fought with unparalleled ferocity. Three days later the United States broke off diplomatic...
Many nations have contributed to the development of the submarine but Germany seemed predestined to make more of its potential than any other...
Thirteen seamen who, after their ship had been sunk by a U-boat, withstood six days of privation on a raft have added another page of dogged...
Such was the description given by the ship's crew of most of the first batch of German prisoners of war and civilian internees who reached Canada...