Danish Knight's Cross Bearer Sören Kam Passed Away Argunners
Søren Kam bearing the Knight’s Cross. News has reached Argunners that the Danish Ritterkreuzträger SS-Obersturmführer Sören Kam has passed away on 23 March 2015 in Kempten, Germany. He followed his wife,…
WATCH: Firing a German Pak 40 75mm AT Gun Argunners
While we normally stick to small arms here, this beast of a gun was just way too impressive for me to not pay attention to. I was at a cannon…
This American comedy legend defused land mines in World War II Argunners
Long before he was making everyone laugh with classic films like “Blazing Saddles” and “Spaceballs,” comedy legend Mel Brooks was defusing land mines in World War II. After graduating high school in 1944,…
German WWII Bunker uncovered after 70 years in France Argunners
A German bunker that was built in 1943 has recently been uncovered in Arcachon Basin, Gironde in France by the Archaeological Research Group for the Atlantic Wall: Arcachon Sector (Gramasa).…
WWII Torpedo Boat MTB219 ready to be launched Argunners
MTB219 ready to be launched! On Saturday the 31st of January 2015 our 70ft Second World War Motor Torpedo Boat MTB219 will travel through Bridgwater on her way to be launched…
French WWI soldier his room unchanged 96 years after KIA Argunners
Hubert Rochereau’s room in a house in Bélâbre, France. (Photograph: Bruno Mascle/ Photoshot) The name of dragoons officer Hubert Rochereau is commemorated on a war memorial in Bélâbre, his native…
Seldom interior images of Italy's WWII Battleship Roma Argunners
Seldom interior images of Italy’s WWII Battleship Roma (Page 3) Battleship Roma (‘Corazzata Roma’) was the fourth Vittorio Veneto-class battleship of Italy’s Regia Marina (Royal Navy). She was laid down almost four…
Seldom exterior images of Italy's WWII Battleship Roma Argunners
Seldom exterior images of Italy’s WWII Battleship Roma Battleship Roma (‘Corazzata Roma’) was the fourth Vittorio Veneto-class battleship of Italy’s Regia Marina (Royal Navy). She was laid down almost four years after the…
70 years ago, a B-25 crashed into Empire State Building Argunners
On Saturday, July 28, 1945, 27-year old Lieutenant Colonel William Franklin Smith, Jr. was piloting a B-25 “Mitchell” bomber on a routine personnel transport mission from Boston to Newark Airport. Lt.…
WATCH: German U-Boat U-505 at Museum of Science and Industry Argunners
Watch a video ‘walkthrough’ from the World War 2-era German Submarine U-505 at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Thanks to user Joebot2003. August 25th, 2015…
Angel of Bastogne, Augusta Chiwy, has passed away Argunners
Augusta Chiwy (Credits: U.S. Embassy of Belgium) Lady Augusta Chiwy, known as the ‘Angel of Bastogne’, has sadly passed away this Sunday August 23, 2015 at the age of 94. Chiwy…
USS Missouri – The World's Largest LEGO WWII Battleship Argunners
In the video you’ll see how Joshua Hanlon, of BrickPodcast.com, is talking with Daniel ‘Dan’ Siskind, who is the owner of the Minneapolis-based Brickmania, on his LEGO WWII Battleship “USS Missouri”, which is…
The Japanese “Kill 100 People with Sword” Contest in 1937 Argunners
It’s one of the lesser known facts of history but did you know that in 1937, two Japanese officers named Toshiaki Mukai and Tsuyoshi Noda held a contest over who was the…
German Battleship Bismarck – A brief history Argunners
The Bismarck was the largest ship of the German navy during the ’40s. It was one of the last great battleships before aircraft carriers and U-boats eclipsed them. At more than…
Seldom interior images of Italy's WWII Battleship Roma Argunners
Seldom interior images of Italy’s WWII Battleship Roma Battleship Roma (‘Corazzata Roma’) was the fourth Vittorio Veneto-class battleship of Italy’s Regia Marina (Royal Navy). She was laid down almost four years after…
Interesting color footage of Spitfire IX MJ730 Argunners
Original WWII color footage of World War II aircraft including Spitfire IX MJ730 shot by Memphis Belle director William Wyler in 1944. Other footage include the B-17 and P-51. The…
Never seen before WWII Photographs show Horrors of War – Part 2 Argunners
Brig.Gen. Charles D. Palmer receiving the Legion of Merit from Lt.Gen. Alexander M. Patch. Argunners will be publishing a series of amazing WWII photographs recently uncovered from the archives of General…
A Tour in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow Argunners
If you can’t make it to Moscow to visit The Central Armed Forces Museum (Russian: Центральный Музей Вооруженных сил) also known as the Museum of the Soviet Army near the Red Army…
Beneath the Sea: Wreck of U-155 Argunners
Beneath the Sea: Wreck of U-155 Target: U155 IXC Depth: 73 metres Weather and sea conditions: Sunny – 4-5W – 25 metres underwater visibility Diving report: U155 AT LAST! The…
WWII Sherman Tank Graveyard 70 Meters Deep Argunners
Malin 2010-5D2-Sherman tanks from Rich Stevenson on Vimeo. WWII Sherman Tank Graveyard 70 Meters Deep off the Coast of Ireland: This is a short clip of the Sherman tanks from…
REVIEW: Shot Down by Steve Snyder Argunners
BOOK: Shot Down – The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth by Steve Snyder (ISBN: 0986076007) Where does one begin to start the review…
Germany’s First Jet Fighter: The Heinkel He 280 Argunners
Could Nazi Germany have gotten a jet fighter into combat much earlier than it did? What if the Reich had rushed the Heinkel He 280 into service rather than waiting…
Stunning Color Footage of Berlin After WWII Argunners
Watch stunning color footage of Berlin just two months after the war, First Motion Picture Unit—the U.S. Army’s film production unit—traveled around Europe to record the damage done by the…
P-47 Thunderbolt of the Free French Air Force to be recovered Argunners
Photo of Allard (Credits: Uwe Benkel) On February, 14 1945 two U.S. P-47 „Thunderbolt“ aircraft from the Groupe de Chasse I/4 “Navarre”, an unit equipped with French pilots of the Free French Air Force (FFAF),…
New WWII Movies – July 2015 – Argunners Argunners
Don’t miss out! Argunners keeps you updated on new (top) Movie & Documentary releases, so that you don’t miss out anything. In this list are the new WORLD WAR II MOVIE & DOCUMENTARY…
Missing Vietnam War Soldier Finally Found Argunners
The Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be buried with…
German WW2 Ship MS Rio de Janeiro Found Argunners
MS Rio de Janeiro sunk in 1940 was recently found at 135 m depth. The German ship Rio de Janeiro has been found outside Lillesand. Around 200 from a total…
German police raid turns up WWII Panther Argunners
German police found a WWII tank, an anti-aircraft gun, and a torpedo in a raid on a house belonging to an elderly man. The man’s property had been searched previously…
Body of German paratrooper found in Blerick Argunners
During archaeological excavations in Venlo last week the remains of a German soldier from World War II were found. That was made public by the municipality of Venlo this Wednesday.…
Airplane Wrecks of Truk Lagoon Argunners
List of airplane wrecks located in Truk Lagoon made by U.S. National Park Service (Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons) Some of the more popular airplane wreck dives in the Lagoon…
About – Argunners Argunners
Name Explained: The name of the Magazine “Argunners” originates from the Pionierlied “Argonner Wald” and the area “Argonnen” a French forest in which during World War 1 some of the…
6 of the wildest top secret spy missions of World War II Argunners
Spy novels are filled with over-the-top missions and unlikely operations, but some of the wildest spy stories are the real ones. 1. A Polish spy bluffs her way into a Gestapo prison while…
Before They Were Heroes: Sus Ito's World War II Images Argunners
Susumu “Sus” Ito’s WWII photographs were taken while on a tour of duty through Europe as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team’s 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. While Ito…
AUDIO: Badass WWII Veteran Remembers Battle of Okinawa Argunners
Badass World War II Vet Describes Pulling A Bullet Out Of His Wrist With His Teeth World War II veteran 88-year-old George Chrisman, describes pulling a bullet out of his…
REVIEW: Sniper on the Eastern Front – Sepp Allerberger by Albrecht Wacker Argunners
Sniper on the Eastern Front: The Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger, Knight’s Cross by Albrecht Wacker DESCRIPTION: Josef “Sepp” Allerberger was the second most successful sniper of the German Wehrmacht and one…
Army Pfc. Richard Bean Missing since WWII Accounted For Argunners
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing since World War II, have been identified and are being returned to…
When the Dutch Warship Abraham Crijnssen pretended to be an Island Argunners
Sometimes in life, the guy with the drunken, so-crazy-it-just-might-work ideas hits one out of the park and saves the day. This is clearly what happened in 1942 aboard the HNLMS…
US Navy Announced a new LCS to be named USS Oakland Argunners
USS Oakland (CL-95) in San Francisco Bay, California, with the San Francisco waterfront in the background, 2 August 1943. (Credits: US Navy) The Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has…
Commission Selects Finalists for World War I Memorial Project Argunners
Logo of the World War One Centennial Commission. An independent panel has selected five finalists to design a memorial to honor the World War I generation in the nation’s capital.…
Massive WWII fly-past marks 75 years since Battle of Britain's 'Hardest Day' Argunners
A mass fly-by was held at London’s Biggin Hill Airport, Tuesday, to commemorate the 75-year anniversary of the Battle of Britain’s “Hardest Day,” when both the UK and Germany lost…
Stunning Normandy 1944 Photographs brought in Color Argunners
WWII History comes alive when following stunning black and white photographs from Operation Overlord, Normandy 1944, are colorized and depict the true colors of Happiness, Horror and Fatigue of the…
Corporal Wojtek: Bear that fought in WWII Argunners
Wojtek, a Syrian brown bear, was born in 1942 and initially sold by an Iranian boy to Irena Bokiewicz, a young Polish Refugee, after he found the bear cub in a…
Aftermath Footage of Berlin and Potsdam in 1945 Argunners
This video will show you a selection of unique HD footage that is partly unpublished. After World War 2 had ended in May 1945, almost all mayor cities of Germany were destroyed.…
WWII Plane Fleet Rotting in Abandoned Plane Graveyard Argunners
Nestled in one man’s back garden, in Newbury/ Ohio, is this collection of more than 30 military jets – salvaged by Walter Soplata over a 50-year period. He bought the planes…
15 more WWII Shipwrecks located in Skagerrak Argunners
The Norwegian Coastal Administration has located a total of 15 more World War II shipwrecks in Skagerrak after 20 wrecks were already discovered in the area in 2009. Shipwreck at…
5 Unsolved Mysteries of World War 2 Argunners
Listed are 5 unsolved mysteries or better said enduring riddles of World War 2. Even after 70 years of research, these still have not been solved and we might never…
TRAILER: The Last Rescue – One soldier's battle for survival Argunners
The 2015 World World II film “The Last Rescue” from Fireshoe Productions, starring Brett Cullen, Cody Kasch, Gilles Marini, Johann Urb, Ryan Merriman, Elizabeth Rice, Darren Keefe, Hallie Shepherd, Tony…
When Eisenhower lost a B-17 bomber in a bet to Montgomery Argunners
The liberation of Sfax, Tunisia on April 10, 1943 was a joyous occasion for nearly everyone involved. The Allies gained an important Mediterranean port, the Tunisians in the city were…
The story of the last American to die in World War II Argunners
The last American to die in World War II was killed three days after the war was over. After Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, 1945 — what would be called…
Storycorps – Killing this Soldier was the saddest memory of my life Argunners
Joseph Robertson, was an infantryman in the U.S. Army during World War II, where he fought in the Battle of the Bulge. The stark black and white images in this…
