VIDEO: WWII Grenade detonated near Thames in Greenwich
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…
REVIEW: The Hood Batallion by Leonard Sellers
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…
Japan's PM Shinzo Abe heckled at Okinawa battle anniversary event
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…
Argunners is giving away for free “Thirty Seconds over Tokyo” DVD to commemorate Doolittle Raid
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…
Reunion of Giants – Avro Lancaster Bombers
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 only surviving Horten Ho 229 at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
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…
The Iron Grave: KO & Wrecked Panzers in Normandy 1944
“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…
Women jailed for ‘inappropriate’ dancing next to WWII memorial
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,…
Greece threatens to seize German property, Berlin refuses to pay WWII reparations
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…
Trailer: Russian WWII Sniper Movie “Battle for Sevastopol”
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…
