An interview with “Moon” Mullins, the author of The Commander’s Voice
Published on Amazon in April of 2020, The History of the 82nd Signal Battalion World War I and World War II: The Commander’s Voice is the story of the original…
TRAILER: The Aftermath (2019) with Keira Knightley
The Aftermath is set in postwar Germany in 1946. Rachael Morgan (played by Keira Knightley) arrives in the ruins of Hamburg in the bitter winter, to be reunited with her husband…
Germany, France, and the Best-Laid Plans
The combatants of World War I came to the battlefield with a significant amount of baggage. France and Germany had been particularly hostile to one another since the Germans took…
TRAILER: Heavy Water War (The Saboteurs)
“Kampen om tungtvannet” or Heavy Water War also known as The Saboteurs. The story behind Hitler’s plan of Germany getting the atomic bomb during WW2, and the heavy water sabotages in Rjukan, Norway, seen…
Tricks of Writing a Literature Review for a PhD Proposal
A literary review is part of a study in which the author introduces readers to the context of his research and / or its theoretical basis. It is important that…
Siluri Umani also known as Human Torpedoes (1954)
The Italian Navy attack the English fleet in 1941 when they are anchored in the bay of Suda in Crete. Film Siluri umani (1954) also known as Human Torpedoes Country…
How to Save Money without Compromising On Your Shopping Habits
One thing that never crosses the minds of many college students is saving money. It seems like they have all been bitten by the instant gratification bug. All they do…
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Major General Friedrich Kussin, in charge of German units in the Arnhem area, lies dead in his car after being ambushed by No. 5 Platoon, ‘B’ Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion,…
Gallantry in Action
The story of Lt. Charles Gatewood and the Apache Scouts who served with him during The Geronimo Campaign Despite his general lack of notoriety, Lieutenant Charles Baher Gatewood of…
Writing Great Essay about Veterans
Veterans are men and women who did military service in order to honor and protect their country. Do you have to write an essay about this topic and struggle coming…
Review: The Commander’s Voice by “Moon” Mullins
Published on Amazon in April of 2020, The History of the 82nd Signal Battalion World War I and World War II: The Commander’s Voice is the story of the original…
REVIEW: Stilwell the Patriot: Vinegar Joe, the Brits, and Chiang Kai-Shek by David Rooney
Joe Stilwell was known as “Vinegar Joe” for his abrasive personality. A 1904 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, Stilwell rose to the rank of…
Edward “Teddy” Sheean
Studio portrait of the Sheean brothers of Lower Barrington, Tasmania, both Australian sailors serving on HMAS Derwent. On the left is H1646 Stoker Class II Thomas (Mick) Sheean and on…
WATCH: Private Snafu – The Infantry Blues
PRIVATE SNAFU: Episode 5 – The Infantry Blues Private Snafu was the title character of a series of American instructional cartoon shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, produced by Warner Bros., between…
French Ceremony held in Stuttgart, Germany on May 3, 1945
French Ceremony held in Stuttgart, Germany on May 3, 1945, where awards are being presented by General de Lottre de Tassigny, 1st French Army commander to French soldiers and American…
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“Operation Market I”: the airborne operation to seize bridges between Arnhem and Eindhoven, Holland, (part of “Operation Market Garden”). Oblique photographic-reconnaissance aerial showing Douglas Dakotas dropping paratroops of 1st Airborne…
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Orders in hand, Capt. Marc A. Mitscher, U.S.N., skipper of the U.S.S. Hornet (CU-8) chats with Maj. Gen. James Doolittle, U.S. Army. Some of the 80 Army fliers who took…
ARGunners – World Wars News History
The LRP/LRDG was created by Major Ralph A. Bagnold, a… Read More The story of Lt. Charles Gatewood and the Apache Scouts… Read More Operation Greif (German: Unternehmen Greif) was…
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A U.S. Army Air Forces Martin B-26G-11-MA Marauder (s/n 43-34565) from the 497th Bombardment Squadron, 344th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force, enveloped in flames and hurtling earthward after enemy flak…
A fleet of C-5 Galaxies tower above the rest of the fighter and cargo aircraft
A fleet of C-5 Galaxies tower above the rest of the fighter and cargo aircraft inside the “Boneyard” of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force…
Two soldiers watch as Cromwell tanks of the Guards Armoured Division of the 2nd Armoured Recon Battalion the Welsh Guards cross Nijmegen bridge in the Netherlands
Two soldiers watch as ‘Cromwell’ tanks of the Guards Armoured Division of the 2nd Armoured Recon Battalion the Welsh Guards cross Nijmegen bridge in the Netherlands, Thursday, the 21st of…
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A serial of Douglas C-47 Skytrains of the 315th Troop Carrier Group, dropping 41 sticks of the 1st Polish Airborne Brigade into DZ “O” near Grave, southwest of Nijmegen in…
An infantryman of ‘A’ Company, 11th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment, on sentry duty in a captured German trench near the Albert–Bapaume road at Ovillers-la-Boisselle, during the ‘Battle of the Somme’ in July 1916
An infantryman of ‘A’ Company, 11th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment, on sentry duty in a captured German trench near the Albert–Bapaume road at Ovillers-la-Boisselle, during the ‘Battle of the Somme’…
British Paratroops at Arnhem ‘Operation Market Garden’. September 20, 1944.
British Paratroops at Arnhem ‘Operation Market Garden’. September 20, 1944. A 3-inch mortar team of Nº23 Mortar Platoon, Support Company, 1st (Airlanding) Battalion, Border Regiment, bombarding enemy positions from the…
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The wreckage of a Ju-88 purported to have been shot down by the Canadian Spitfires of Johnny Johnson’s Wing lies not far from airstrip B-7 at Matragny, Normandy. The two…
P40k Warhawk – Midway Atoll
United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) 78th Fighter Squadron, stationed at Midway from January 23 until April 21, 1943 to protect the island, its garrison and fortifications and the submarine…
American forces are trying to recapture Winger-sur-Moder
American forces are trying to recapture this German town (unknown) from German mountain troops who infiltrated it during the night, dislodging American troops and taking a number of Prisoners. Hotel…
Unrecovered War Casualty Australian Army
Assorted personal items discovered with the remains of an Australian soldier who died in West Timor in February 1942. The artefacts unearthed include a water bottle, brass fittings from webbing…
WAR & CONFLICT BOOKERA: WAR IN THE EAST
The Yanks mop up on Bougainville night at Japs would infiltrate American Lines. At Dawn, the doughboys went out and killed them. This photo shows tank going in its cover.…
Portrait – Joseph W. Jamro
WWII Staff Sgt. Joseph W. Jamro, 93, center, who was shot down as a tail gunner on a Liberator bomber over Romania in 1944 looks through a scrap book with…
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Army officers inspect the wreckage of Messerschmitt Bf 109E-1 (W.Nr. 3367) “Red 14” of 2./JG52, which crash-landed in a wheatfield at Mays Farm, Selmeston, near Lewes in Sussex, 12 August…
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Troops of the Polish 22 Transport Artillery Company (Army Service Corps, 2nd Polish Corps) watch as one of their comrades play wrestles with Wojtek (Voytek) their mascot bear during their…
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1915: Armenian deportees-women, children and elderly men. Woman in foreground is carrying a child in her arms, shielding it from the sun with a shawl; man on left is carrying…
German Female Prisoners of War 1945 (2)
British Auxiliary Territorial Service Lance Corporal Jean Burck of New Malden, Surrey, England speaks to a group of female German POWs at Camp Vilvoorde. The camp was managed by British…
“Lady Jeannette” Cut-a-way of the inside as Gustafson, the last survivor bailed out, just before the crash. Metzger had no parachute and Gott was a by the number flyer and command pilot, even if he could have, he would not, so both pilots rode her down. In the radio compartment is the radio operator, Dunlap. Not shown, is the fourth crewman, the tail gunner, Krimminger, whose parachute had gone over the tail plane and Krimminger had been trapped to hang under the tail plane.
“Lady Jeannette” Cut-a-way of the inside as Gustafson, the last survivor bailed out, just before the crash. Metzger had no parachute and Gott was a by the number flyer and…
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Squadron Sergeant Major William John Parkes of No. 3 Squadron, 2nd (Armoured) Irish Guards, killed when his Sherman tank was knocked out during the advance towards Eindhoven as part of…
A retired T-38 Talon sits in pieces inside the %22Boneyard%22 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ari
A retired T-38 Talon sits in pieces inside the “Boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Officially called the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, the “Boneyard” is a 2,600-acre…
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Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade led by Brigadier Lord Lovat (in the water, to the right of his men) land on Queen Red beach, Sword area, c. 0840 hours,…
The remains of a B-66 Destroyer sit palletized
The remains of a B-66 Destroyer sit palletized within the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. The aircraft was a light bomber with the…
German He 280
A Heinkel He-280 takes off for a test flight. Notice the missing engine cowling. Early flights were carried out with cowlings removed in order to minimize the risk of fire…
The 3/4th Queen’s at the Battle of Broodseinde in 1917
The 3/4th battalion of The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) was a territorial battalion that been formed in 1915 and went overseas in June 1917, joining 62nd Brigade, 21st Division, in August. Although…
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) sinking in Bikini Atoll lagoon after bomb damage sustained during the Baker atomic test of Operation Crossroads, at 1540h, 25 July 1946.
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) sinking in Bikini Atoll lagoon after bomb damage sustained during the “Baker” atomic test of Operation Crossroads, at 15:40h, 25 July 1946.…
Yanks dash for cover in Germany, 1945
Seventh Army riflemen dash for cover amidst rubble of destroyed buildings in (?) as enemy pours in intermittent artillery, nebelwerfers and small arms fire at advancing yanks (?). Road and…
USS Missouri Lego Battleship
Many small modifications have been added since the last photo was uploaded. Most notable are the funnel caps, main gun directors, and radar on the top mast. More photos to…
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Retired Lt. Col. Alston Daniels salutes out of the window of a Douglas C-47D Skytrain on static display at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., April 7, 2015. Daniels flew the…
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A Dutch school damaged by mortar fire, being searched for German snipers by Sergeant J Whawell and Sergeant J Turrell of the Glider Pilot Regiment. An empty weapons supply cannister…
A UH-34D Seahorse helicopter, which began service in 1952 as a Navy anti-submarine warfare helicopter and served as the primary Marine Corps assault helicopter of the Vietnam War
A UH-34D Seahorse helicopter, which began service in 1952 as a Navy anti-submarine warfare helicopter and served as the primary Marine Corps assault helicopter of the Vietnam War. This one…
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A Cromwell tank crew of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 7th Armoured Division, preparing a meal in front of their vehicle, 17 June 1944. Left to right: Trooper Arthur Nelson,…
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Ground crews refuelling and bombing up an Avro Lancaster of No. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF at Mepal, Cambridgeshire, for a night raid on Krefeld, Germany. The bomb load consists…
