The type of paint used on German helmets varied greatly in colour and texture. Many collectors have noted that no two German helmets ever appear...
The Type 97 Chi-Ha was the most widely produced Japanese Medium Tank of WW2. It was used before, during and after WW2 in the Pacific War,...
The main armament was one 37mm Type 94 L36.7 tank gun. It elevated between -15 to +20 degrees and had an azimut range of 20 degrees left and...
One of the signature weapons of the German Infantry in the Second World War was the MG34 machine gun, seen here in action in Poland In 1939. It...
The Tiger illustrated here belongs to the 2nd SS Panzer Grenadier Division 'Das Reich'. The fourteen Tigers a available to the division for...
The DUKW was designed by Rod Stephens Jr of Sparkman & Stephens Inc. (Yacht Designers), Dennis Puleston, a British Deep Water Sailor & Frank W....
The Me 163 was designed by Alexander Martin Lippisch. It was the first military aircraft designed to use a rocket engine and it was the fastest...
The British Ordnance QF 17 Pounder Gun was considered the best Allied Anti-Tank Gun of WW2. Using APDS Ammunition it could take on and defeat any...
The Crusader Tank was the most important of the early Christie Suspensioned Cruisers used by the British. Used extensively during the Desert...
The Russians were slow to realise the need for Self Propelled Mobile Artillery & Assault Guns. During Operation Uranus, the Russian Counter Attack...
Without the ingenious input of Higgins Industries based in New Orleans, many of the amphibious landings undertaken during WW2 would simply not...
"Colditz was situated in the middle of the triangle formed by the three great cities of Leipzig, Dresden, and Chemnitz, in the heart of the German...
The clamp down on Jews in Poland began almost as soon as the first shots of WWII were fired. Following the brief conflict, occupying German...
With huge apologies to www.pegasusarchive.org , Also it's long but what could I have left out ? [IMG] Lieutenant Richard Andrew...
Dropping with the 9th Parachute Battalion on 3rd Parachute Brigade's DZ 'V' was the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, commanded by...
Defense against amphibious attack at sea remained a Kriegsmarine responsibility and the navy had both deep-water mines and coastal mines for this...
Broadcasting to the nation from Buckingham Palace on September 23 at the height of the Battle of London, King George VI announced the creation of...
On June 6th 1944 an international coalition attacked Nazi occupied France along the Normandy coast. Supported by paratroops, soldiers landed on...
One of the most enduring images of Britain at war is that of bombed cities and towns, the destruction and devastation caused by aerial...
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....