Liberation & War Destruction in unseen photographs
Brig.Gen. Charles D. Palmer receiving the Legion of Merit from Lt.Gen. Alexander M. Patch. Argunners Magazine published a series of amazing WWII photographs recently uncovered from the archives of General Charles Day…
Top Selling Titles of Pen and Sword Books
Don’t know what to purchase these holidays for someone or for yourself? Why don’t you look at these top selling titles (DVD and Books) from Pen and Sword Books of 2015?…
British D-Day veteran awarded highest French honour
Mr Turner with his awarded Legion d´Honneur (Credits: Diocese of Portsmouth) 89-year-old British D-Day Veteran Ted Turner, who goes to St John’s Church, Purbrook, was awarded the Legion d’Honneur by the…
Voices of First World War – Horrors of Gallipoli
Landing of the 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment at W Beach on 25 April 1915 (Credits: Imperial War Museum) http://www.argunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Podcast-14_-Gallipoli.mp3 There was millions and millions and millions of flies. The whole…
Marine missing since Battle of Tarawa finally accounted for
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, unaccounted for since World War II, have been identified and are being returned to his…
Bob Hopper reflects on his uncle’s Second World War exploits
My grandfather taught army recruits bayonet fighting in the First World War, so perhaps it was only natural that my father and his two brothers would volunteer to join the…
What stopped the German Stormtroopers in 1918?
Our Terraine Prize winner Sanders Marble – Senior Historian at the US Army Office of Medical History – wowed our WW1 Prize Fund judging panel, having ‘identified a major gap…
Pfc. Harris Missing Since 1945 in France Accounted For
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…
U-Boat Commander and KC-Holder Alfred Eick passed away
German U-Boat Commander and recipient of the Knight’s Cross Alfred Eick has passed away on 12 April 2015 in Bielefeld. Eick was born on 9 March 1916 in Essen and started his…
Quest for lost British Submarine HMS Triumph
During the second world war some 40 British submarines were sunk in the Mediterranean. Many have been found, but HMS Triumph, lost with all hands in January 1942, is still…
