Invented in the 1820s by Louis Daguerre and Charles Marie Bouton, of daguerreotype photography fame, the diorama is a three-dimensional model of a realistic scene, frequently displayed against a painted…

DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) studio, has announced Battlefield™ 1 on May 6, 2016. Only in Battlefield 1 will you bring a horse to a tank fight and squad-up…

When the US entered WWII, submachine guns were in short supply and high demand. Much of the production of Thompson guns was being purchased by the UK, and what guns…

Peter During, a SAAF Spitfire Pilot during World War II, was shot down early 1945 and taken POW.. Only he convinced his captors to become his Prisoners! Peter’s service began…

BOOK: The Oder Front 1945: Generaloberst Gotthard Heinrici, Heeresgruppe Weichsel and Germany’s Final Defense in the East, 20 March – 3 May by A. Stephan Hamilton. Nazi Germany’s fall is…

Seldom footage from near the end (most likely April 1945) of World War 2, in Europe. U.S. gun camera footage of an American fighter (most likely a P-51 Mustang) firing at a…

A 8-part drama mini-series has been announced as sequel for classic 1981 movie “Das Boot” (“The Boat”). “Das Boot” is one of the most successful German films of all time.…

MS Rio de Janeiro sunk in 1940 was recently found at 135 m depth. The German ship Rio de Janeiro has been found outside Lillesand. Around 200 from a total…

Since her commissioning in February 1941 the Tirpitz operated in the Baltic conducting trials and training her crew as well as participating in some minor operations in connection with the…

A German soldier, who was missing since 1945, has been found by Arbeitsgruppe Vermisstenforschung on April 18, 2015. The remains were found in a shallow grave of 50 cm deep near Lampaden by…