Minstrel boy by Joe Strummer – Black Hawk Down
“The Minstrel Boy” is an Irish patriotic song written by Thomas Moore (1779–1852) who set it to the melody of The Moreen, an old Irish air. It is widely believed…
Memorial for the Fallen of The Battle of Bellewaarde, 16th June 1915
In the early hours of 16th June 1915, Allied forces began an attack on a ridge with the aim of depriving the German army of their excellent views that extended…
TRAILER: Elser (13 Minutes) – WWII Drama
Downfall (Der Untergang) director Oliver Hirschbiegel is back in the WWII time period with 13 Minutes (Elser: Er hätte die Welt verändert), which has the first trailer online. Based on a…
Sepp Dietrich & Eva Braun at Berghof, Berchtesgaden
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…
WATCH: Introduction to Military Flamethrowers
Learn everything you need to know about the military flamethrowers in this video with Ian McCollum and flamethrower specialist Charlie Hobson. Flamethrowers are a significant piece of military weapons history…
Lack of Prussian Blue Staining on the Walls of Gas Chambers
The Holocaust (which occurred during World War II, from 1939 to 1945) involved systematic murder and was the deadliest genocide in history. Nazi Germany erected concentration camps (also called “death camps”) that…
Wreck of German U-133 Submarine
Few people have the opportunity to dive a World War II U-boat wreck, a feared weapon of the German Kriegsmarine. Submarine Commander and scuba diver Kostas Katsaros from Athens, Greece, is…
Alex Vraciu, Hoosier WWII fighter pilot, dead at age 96
Alex Vraciu, one of the most acclaimed World War II Navy fighter pilots, died January 29, 2015 at the age of 96. Born Alexander Vraciu in East Chicago, Ind., the…
Video sheds light on sinking of the Musashi
Debris scattered over a large area at the bottom of the sea in the Philippines indicate that the massive Japanese World War II battleship Musashi was blown into pieces in…
REVIEW: Machine Gunner 1914-1918 by C.E. Crutchley
In 1914 there were only two machine guns supporting a British infantry battalion of 800 men, and in the light of the effectiveness of German and French machine guns the…
