The tailboard of the Bedford three-ton truck slammed down with a resounding crash, someone yelled, 'Everybody out!', and we all clambered out...
On June 28 1914,Archduke Franz Ferdinand,heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb citizen.History tells that this is...
Tyrone Power Actor, Marine Corps Aviator [img] Tyrone Power was born into an acting family in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1914. He broke into...
These M-13-16 rocket launchers are each mounted on an American truck, the General Motors COE. Here a battery is ready to fire a salvo. Note the...
Would helecopters have made a diference in ww2? :cry:
On 8 June, Corporal Gunton, and other Royal Engineers posted to No.32 Graves Concentration Unit in January 1944, arrived in Bayeux to begin taping...
Theodor ‘Teddi’ Wisch was born at Wesselburener Koog in Holstein on 13 December 1907. He joined the SS in 1930, and after serving for some time as...
A M25 Tank Transporter had been designed as a transporter/recovery unit for the 12th Armoured Division. Here the 134th Ordnance, tows a M4 Sherman...
The Japanese recognised the value of the artillery rocket to then under armed forces and carried out considerable design and development work in...
Sergeant Flora Sandes was a remarkable woman - especially for her time. She fought with the Serbian army and was wounded several times and was...
Have anyone seen the movie of the Dirty Dozen. It is Telly Sevalas and Lee Marvin that stars in them, together with a lot to be famous...
Before the Normandy landings, the allied forces implented a massive plan of deception aimed at confusing the enemy as to the size and locatin of...
D-Day: Interview with Two U.S. 2nd Ranger Battalion Members Who Describe the Attack at Pointe-du-Hoc U.S. Army General Omar Bradley described...
The Belgians who managed to escape in 1940 were, like the Dutch, small in number and by 1944 made up a 2,000 strong Brigade under Major Jean Piron...
If you have ever wondered what the second world war was about you must read about this ss officer, a Doctor, iron cross 1 & 2 knights cross with...
Hello I have always been a fan of good war documentaries. I like to fall asleep to documentaries pretty much every night. For a while I was...
PzKpfw IV Ausf. A, unit unknown; Poland September 1939 One of only 35 examples of this initial version to be built, this tank is finished...
David Lee 'Tex' Hill; Flying Tigers-American Volunteer Group; Shot down 18 1/4 enemy aircraft during the war. Renowned WWII fighter pilot "Tex"...
The German Soldier's Ten Commandments [IMG] [ Printed in Every German Soldier's Paybook ] 1: While fighting for victory the German...
Tibbets renamed the plane the Enola Gay after his mother, over the objections of the plane's usual pilot Robert A. Lewis. At 1600 (Tinian time)...