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The Battle of the Duisburg Convoy was a naval engagement on the night of 8/9 November 1941 between an Italian convoy and a British Naval squadron, which intercepted the convoy.…

A term originating in British India for the highly skilled hunters able to bring down elusive “snipe” birds, today’s snipers are known as the most proficient sharpshooters in the military.…

http://www.argunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Podcast-15_-Trench-Raids.mp3 There was some general about 30 miles behind the lines wanting to know who was on the opposite side. And he would send up a message, ‘Raid so and…

The first image of a new upcoming WWII thriller, called “Anthropoid”, featuring Irish stars Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy has been released. Anthropoid Synopsis: Based on the true story of two Czechoslovak…

The Tet Offensive was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People’s Army…

The Normandy landings, on “D-Day”, as you may have never seen before.. From the air! Presented are 12 amazing aerial photographs of D-Day. Almost all were taken on June 6,…

At 96 years old, he’s had a long time to develop stories and tales. From his 32 combat missions to the time he called in his own close air support…

The Bald Hill Exercise (Part 1) Seventy two years ago the 1 Australian Armoured Division created history when they took part in Australia’s largest military manoeuvres to date. Held in…

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 Youtube user Joebot2003. Read also:…

Pantelleria and Lampedusa, two islands located about 50 miles off the Tunisian coast, were strategically located in the middle of the intended path of the Allied fleet for Operation Husky,…