The assault by the 8th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, on Sword Beach was somewhat similar to the US 4th Infantry Division at Utah, landing along...
One of the most common gun emplacements along the Normandy coast was the open gun platform for the 50mm pedestal-mounted gun. This type was...
Soon after the intensified murder raids on London began the increased fury of the A.A. gun barrage gave much satisfaction to the millions...
Hendrix - a poor soldier who just wanted to play with his, er, guitar. [IMG] OK chaps this one's just for fun. Jimi played no part in...
The Stewart family had deep military roots: both grandfathers had fought in the Civil War, and his father had served during both the...
Dont know if this is the right place to post this. ::der: James Doohan, played chief engineer on the Starship Enterprise in the original "Star...
Eric Bogle's song, variously called William McBride, No Man's Land and the Green Fields of France is being developed as a feature film called The...
One of the most enduring images of Britain at war is that of bombed cities and towns, the destruction and devastation caused by aerial...
Many nations have contributed to the development of the submarine but Germany seemed predestined to make more of its potential than any other...
As if to prove that Britain has energy enough and to spare even at the height of the Nazi air onslaught on her shores, bombers of the R.A.F....
In the six days August 8th -13th the German air attack on our south and south - eastern coasts, airfields and certain harbours, including Dover...
Following the detention of three Rumanian vessels by the British authorities at Port Said, H.M. Government on July 29 lodged a formal protest in...
What was described as the R.A.F's finest triumph was won over. Dover Harbour on July 29, when an attack by wave after wave of Junkers and...
Finland beat off a Soviet Invasion, but the Norwegians facing a better equipped. more formidable foe in the Germans could not hold out....
"We Never Closed" was the proud boast of London's tiny Windmill Theatre a West End show place that stayed open through the worst of the Blitz....
Major General Sir Percy Hobart Percy Hobart joined the Royal Engineers in 1904 and then in 1906 transferred to the engineers in the Indian Army....
Operation Greif Operation Greif was a special false flag operation commanded by the notorious Waffen-SS commando Otto Skorzeny during the...
This report is taken from the War Illustrated the day after the bombings. Reading these extracts helps putting a little more perspective on what...
Brazil Goes to War It is not generally known that Brazil played a role in the Allied victory in World War 2, yet the forces of that country were...
[IMG] B-17 "MEMPHIS BELLE" Story 1st Eighth Air Force WW II Bomber to complete 25 Combat Missions & return to the United States The B-17...