Hubert Rochereau’s room in a house in Bélâbre, France. (Photograph: Bruno Mascle/ Photoshot) The name of dragoons officer Hubert Rochereau is commemorated on a war memorial in Bélâbre, his native…

Seldom interior images of Italy's WWII Battleship Roma (Page 3) Battleship Roma ('Corazzata Roma') was the fourth Vittorio Veneto-class battleship of Italy's Regia Marina (Royal Navy). She was laid down almost four…

Seldom exterior images of Italy's WWII Battleship Roma Battleship Roma ('Corazzata Roma') was the fourth Vittorio Veneto-class battleship of Italy's Regia Marina (Royal Navy). She was laid down almost four years after the…

On Saturday, July 28, 1945, 27-year old Lieutenant Colonel William Franklin Smith, Jr. was piloting a B-25 "Mitchell" bomber on a routine personnel transport mission from Boston to Newark Airport. Lt.…

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 user Joebot2003. August 25th, 2015…

Augusta Chiwy (Credits: U.S. Embassy of Belgium) Lady Augusta Chiwy, known as the 'Angel of Bastogne', has sadly passed away this Sunday August 23, 2015 at the age of 94. Chiwy…

In the video you'll see how Joshua Hanlon, of BrickPodcast.com, is talking with Daniel 'Dan' Siskind, who is the owner of the Minneapolis-based Brickmania, on his LEGO WWII Battleship "USS Missouri", which is…

It's one of the lesser known facts of history but did you know that in 1937, two Japanese officers named Toshiaki Mukai and Tsuyoshi Noda held a contest over who was the…

The Bismarck was the largest ship of the German navy during the '40s. It was one of the last great battleships before aircraft carriers and U-boats eclipsed them. At more than…

Seldom interior images of Italy's WWII Battleship Roma Battleship Roma ('Corazzata Roma') was the fourth Vittorio Veneto-class battleship of Italy's Regia Marina (Royal Navy). She was laid down almost four years after…