The Pacific War was a part of World War II that began at Pearl Harbor. There more than 300 Japanese planes bombed the US Pacific Fleet battleships and aircraft at…

A U-class submarine funded by the people of Bridgend during World War Two has finally been found 73 years after it sank for the final time. HMS Urge disappeared in…

Camouflaged Jagdtiger Jagdtiger with zimmerit of the schwere Panzer Jager Abteilung 653. Tactical number 301 Destroyed Jagdtiger Captured Jagdtiger on culmeyer trailer. Jagdtiger of Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 653 Steinweiler Pfalz…

A 6-pdr anti-tank gun crew of the Durham Light Infantry, 49th (West Riding) Division inspect a knocked-out German Panther tank during Operation ‘Epsom’, 27 June 1944. Wrecked German transport and…

Belgian Royal Air Force Pilots (Credits: Argunners) Identified pilots in above picture: Stassens, Neyskens, Seurmans and Labye. Can you help identifying other names? As of December 2014, the RAF officially recognizes…

Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II. The operation commenced…

A fleet of Allied aircraft flies overhead as paratroopers of the Allied Airborne Command float groundward in the invasion of the Netherlands, still another step towards the liberation of Europe.…

The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engined Second World War heavy bomber designed and built by Avro for the Royal Air Force (RAF). It first saw active service with RAF Bomber…

A German Sniper and Spotter in Position observing at Woronesch. German Sniper in World War II. German Sniper in Training. German Sniper in Training. German Sniper in Training. German sniper…

The M4 Sherman, officially Medium Tank, M4, was the most numerous battle tank used by the United States and some other Western Allies in World War II. It proved to…

– When I first read the title of the video I was actually amazed and eager to watch it but after seeing this video on “War History Online“, a so…

The remains of an American WWII pilot may never have been found without the help of a 75-year-old German man. On April 13, 1945, Herb was assigned to the 368th…

A bomb disposal squad that carried out the controlled explosion of a World War Two hand grenade found on the banks of the Thames “woke up half of Greenwich”. Scotland…

BOOK: The Hood Battalion – Royal Naval Division, Antwerp – Gallipoli – France 1914-1918 by Leonard Sellers (9781783461684) As we approached the anniversary of the Gallipoli landings it felt natural to me…

TOKYO, Japan (November 20, 2013) U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy pays a courtesy call on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has been heckled at…

To all our loyal readers, To commemorate the Doolittle Raid of 18 April 1942, which was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places…

It has been 50 years since two Avro Lancaster bombers flew side by side. The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Avro Lancaster, VeRA, flew from Hamilton, Ontario to meet her British…

The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229, was a German prototype fighter/bomber designed by the brothers Reimar and Walter Horten and built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik late in World War II. It was the…

“And if we are abandoned by treacherous luck,  And if we don’t return home again,  If death’s bullet finds us, and fate calls us away, yes, us away.  Then our…

Three young women in southern Russia will serve up to 15 days in prison, on charges of hooliganism, after posting a video of themselves performing the hip-hop dance on YouTube,…

Germany says it won’t pay Greece World War 2 reparations after Greek PM Alexis Tsipras said Berlin is using legal tricks to avoid paying compensation. Germany says it’s honored its…

The breakout of the war shatters the world of a young student, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, forcing her to enlist in the army in 1941. The maiden turns out to be a…

Only yesterday we posted that you can buy a seldom B-25 model “H” for just $950,000 but boys wont be boys if they weren’t asking for something cooler, faster and better…

Looking over the history of the Second World War, we’re drawn to certain high polish marks, like Normandy, that dominate our attention. Outshone in the chronicles is the less lustrously…

Alfred Czech with his newly awarded EKII According to various sources, the youngest Recipient of the “Iron Cross 2nd Class” of the Third Reich, was 12 year old Alfred Czech.…

Every week in Seoul protesters gather in front of the Japanese Embassy to demand an apology and reparations from Tokyo for the thousands of South Korean women who were forced…

Walter Smith was thrilled when he learned he had been chosen to travel on Saturday’s Stars and Stripes Honor Flight to Washington. The 91-year-old World War II veteran from Racine…

UPDATED via our FORUM: Poligon in the Biedrusk belongs to centrum land forces training. Notice that this is only a tank crust. Probably in the 70/80 years the last century…

Amazing color footage of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s residence Berghof in Berchtesgaden, Germany during World War II. The video begins with an aircraft in flight. It then shows Herta Schneider…

Lucien Bersot, executed because he refused to wear a bloodied pants. Lucien Jean Baptiste Bersot, born on 7 June 1881 at Authoison (Haute-Saône) and executed on 13 February 1915 at Fontenoy…

immersive and touching love story that shows the heroism of nurses during the chaotic battles of World War I In “Love in War” (published by Xlibris) author Alan Watchman creates…

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…

The bravery of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders soldiers earned them respect – the uniform earned them the legendary nickname ‘The Ladies from Hell’. It was a name given by the…

“COWARD” from Stephen Murphy – Cinematographer on Vimeo. “COWARD” is a 28 minute film set during World War 1 that brings to light some of the brutal treatment soldiers received…

Late veteran of the Northumberland (Hussars) Yeomanry and Royal Field Artillery speaks of the unofficial truces, 100 Christmases ago The former soldier from Newcastle, Captain George B Jameson MC, reveals…

“I was born and bred in Fremantle and spent my growing up years during World War II,” says J.P. Dolan. “My research showed very little had been written about Fremantle…

New Vietnam War Memoir “Black Cat 2-1:The True Story of a Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and His Crew” “Publishers Weekly” calls new Vietnam War memoir” Black Cat 2-1: The True Story…

The new book “Rolling Coffins” from Page Publishing author Brian Richard Esher is the author’s personal recollection of the time he served in Vietnam as a Mechanized Infantryman during its…

‘Chesterfield Tides’ follows young man’s journey through WWII, beyond Terry Cooper, a young man in North London during World War II, wanted to make a difference and joined the army.…

Argunners Magazine February 2, 2015 0 Comment The fishermen were trawling in the sea, where it is suspected that millions of leftover munitions could be buried. The bomb was found…

NEW ORLEANS — While staff at The National WWII Museum are preparing for a very busy 2015, they are also looking back on a year of several major milestones for…

Lummen unveils a monument to the bomber’s crew on the 70th anniversary of its crash. Aug. 17, 1943. A massive formation of B-17s thundered toward Germany on a mission to…

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…

1st Lt. James F. Gatlin was Missing since WWII. The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing since World War…

About a half-mile off the shores of Po‘o Point and 15 feet under water is the wreck of a P-47 World War II fighter plane known as the Thunderbolt. It…

Paul G. Allen and his research team broadcasted a live-stream tour of the wreckage of the Japanese battleship Musashi, one of the most renowned and technologically advanced battleships in history. Commissioned in…

The Russian president has again denounced attempts to rewrite WWII history, noting that the authors seek to sow strife between peoples and nations for their own geopolitical purposes. Putin said…

PEACHTREE CITY, GA (March 10, 2015) – A rare 1940s B-24 Liberator bomber will highlight this year’s World War II Heritage Days, hosted by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie…

Through gripping first-person accounts and digitally remastered archival footage, including the soldiers’ own home movies and personal audio tapes, Brothers in War recounts the harrowing combat experiences of the men…

Nearly 70 years after World War II ended, a local man who parachuted into Normandy on D-Day is receiving overwhelming recognition for his service — and it’s all thanks to…