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Trailer: War Pigs (2015)

A new movie is on the run, nicknamed “War Pigs”, which will depict a rag tag unit of misfits known as the War Pigs and who have go behind enemy lines…

Voices of the First World War – Into Battle

http://www.argunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Podcast-7_-Into-Battle.mp3 They came down like: [whistles]. That was the noise the bullets made as they came down… As soon as war began in August 1914, the belligerent nations in Europe…

Admiral Sir John Bush passed away

Admiral Sir John Bush, who has died aged 98, was one of only a score of officers to win three Distinguished Service Crosses in the Second World War, and was…

In RAF Bomber History: Avro Lancaster in 20 Photographs

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…

The Sinking & Horrors of USS Indianapolis

USS Indianapolis, starboard bow. (Credits: NARA) When the USS Indianapolis was sunk by Japanese torpedoes in the final weeks of WWII, around 900 men of the crew jumped into the water…

Wojtek, the Bear that fought in World War 2

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…

Secret of World War II: B-17 Lady Jeannette – Part 3

A series of articles, laying out the true events behind the creation of: “The Best Kept Secret Of World War Two!” In December, 1945, when it became known that General Patton…

Battalion 1944 has announced new stretch Goals

Until some weeks ago most have never heard of “Battalion 1944”, which is a new upcoming World War II shooter however after launching their Kickstarter fund project they hit their…

Six Unknown British WWI Soldiers to be reburied near Ieper

100 years after they were killed in action in October 1914 during World War One, six British soldiers will be re-interred in the Prowse Point Military Cemetery near Ieper in…

WWII Navy Tanker, USNS Mission San Miguel, Discovered

World War II Navy Tanker, USNS Mission San Miguel, has been found by Hawaiian Researchers. The San Miguel served during World War II and the Korean War, receiving numerous commendations…