Editorial Team
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…
WWII POW Camp Discovered in mountains above Dubois
A year of intensive research has now provided a clear picture of the daily lives of 150 German and Austrian prisoners of war who lived in the mountains above Dubois…
From Colonial Warrior to Western Front Flyer: Five wars of Sydney Herbert Bywater Harris
A Real ‘Boys Own’ Adventure! Sidney in his RFC Suit, 1915. Sydney Herbert Bywater Harris was an adventurer, a man possessed of great courage and charm, who fulfilled every schoolboy…
Remarkable WW1 Facts compiled in an Infographic
The Gazette has compiled some of the most surprising WW1 facts – in the trenches, at home, at sea, and in the air (not forgetting the contribution of our furred and…
Brian Richard Esher his First Book “Rolling Coffins “
The new book “Rolling Coffins” from Page Publishing author Brian Richard Esher is the author’s personal recollection of the time he served in Vietnam as a Mechanized Infantryman during its…
U-Boot Mann Horst Bredow Passed Away
Horst Bredow in 1944 (Credit: Uboat.net) Sad news has come to us all after receiving the news that Horst Bedrow, Founder and Director of the U-Boot Archiv, passed away this…
Easter Offensive Vietnam 1972 – “Stunning in its magnitude”
The three-front Easter Offensive, launched by North Vietnam in 1972, stunned the South Vietnamese and Americans with its magnitude. Here, France’s Albert Grandolini explains how he explores this landmark campaign in the…
