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The forced suicide of Erwin Rommel

On October 14, 1944, Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel, nicknamed “The Desert Fox” was given the choose to face a public trial for treason – as a co-conspirator in the ’20 July’…

WWII German Female POW Camp in Vilvoorde

Shown are a selection of photographs that depict female German prisoners of war outside their tented accommodation in a camp for SS, Luftwaffe and civilian women prisoners. The Prisoner-of-War camp…

Statue to honour man that captured Australia's First Japanese WWII POW

A bronze life-size statue of the Aboriginal man who captured Australia’s first Japanese prisoner of World War II is to be created on the Tiwi Islands off the Northern Territory…

WATCH: The Ubiquitous RPG-7

The RPG-7 is pretty far from being a forgotten weapon, but I was not going to pass up an opportunity to take a closer look at a live one. This…

British D-Day veterans receive Légion d’honneur award

A group of 15 British veterans have received France’s highest honour on September 29, 2015 for their role in the liberation of the country during the Second World War. The veterans, of…

Estonian WWII Movie 1944 now available!

Good news for enthusiast of war movies! The long-awaited Estonian World War II Movie 1944 has been released today, 6 October 2015, on the German Amazon website, which is good…

SdKfz 250 & SdKfz 7 Pulled out of the River in Amazing state

Over the days a Sonderkraftfahrzeug 250 & Sonderkraftfahrzeug 7 were pulled and recovered out of the Pilica river in an amazing state by the Museum of Military Technology in Chrcynno, Poland. This mission…

REVIEW: Battles of the Marne & the Aisne (DVD)

While the Allied Generals were nearing panic as the Germans approached Paris, Marshal Foch quickly realised the German intent and that the Schlieffen plan was unravelling. In a master piece…

Mel Gibson's Upcoming WWII Drama “Hacksaw Ridge”

Mel Gibson has started production on World War II drama Hacksaw Ridge in New South Wales, Australia, starring Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn and Sam Worthington. The first photographs for this new…

Messerschmitt Me 262 – Jet Fighter

The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (“Swallow”), also called the Sturmvogel (“Stormbird”) in its fighter-bomber version, was the world’s first operational jet fighter. It had the potential to create havoc for…