Fujikawa Maru Shipwreck in Truk Lagoon Argunners
The Fujikawa Maru is one of the lagoon’s most famous wrecks. Covered in lush coral this ship was built in 1938 as a passenger cargo ship that carried raw silk and…
Female World War II Pilot Proud to be a WASP Argunners
For one Larned, Kansas, native, Women’s History Month means more than just honoring the many women in science and the military who set the stage for the women of today…
Liberation & War Destruction in unseen photographs Argunners
Brig.Gen. Charles D. Palmer receiving the Legion of Merit from Lt.Gen. Alexander M. Patch. Argunners Magazine published a series of amazing WWII photographs recently uncovered from the archives of General Charles Day…
21 Photographs of WWII Plane Wrecks & Crashes | Argunners Argunners
A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat after crashing on a U.S. Essex-class carrier off Peleliu in 1944. The plane had been shot up over Peleliu, taking out the hydraulics. With…
WWII Veteran Reunites with former Aircraft Argunners
Retired Lt. Col. Alston Daniels beams as he sits in the cockpit of a Douglas C-47D Skytrain for the first time since 1962 April 7, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force…
Former World War II Pilot reunited with P-47 | Argunners Argunners
Retired Air National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert Hertel is wheeled around a P-47 Thunderbolt during the Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.,…
USAAF 1st Lt. Gatlin Missing From WWII Accounted For Argunners
1st Lt. James F. Gatlin was Missing since WWII. The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing since World War…
Wedding Gown Made From Husband's WWII Parachute Argunners
An Indiana couple celebrates 66th wedding anniversary by showing off wedding dress made from husband’s World War II parachute. Jessica Schmidt reports for NBC News. August 27th, 2015 September 28th,…
The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife Argunners
Perhaps nothing better symbolizes the difference between conventional and Special Operations units than that most personal of weapons, the knife. Reflecting a dual-purpose need, the conventional force standard issue knife is…
Battle of Kiska – Where the Allies suffered 313 casualties against a ghost enemy Argunners
In the summer of 1943, American and Canadian forces launched an amphibious assault on the north Pacific island of Kiska, in order to seize the last enemy strongholds on U.S. Soil…
Messerschmitt Bf109 found in Suda Bay, Crete Argunners
An unknown page of the Battle of Crete came literally back to the surface, as underwater explorers of aviationarchaeology.gr checked on the remains of a WW2 aircraft in the Bay of Suda,…
WATCH: FW190 found in a forest in Leningrad Argunners
Although this is an old video it’s still footage from an incredible find in 1989! It was in incredible condition and did you know – after seeing this video – this…
Alfred Czech & Other Youngest Iron Cross Recipients Argunners
Alfred Czech with his newly awarded EKII According to various sources, the youngest Recipient of the “Iron Cross 2nd Class” of the Third Reich, was 12 year old Alfred Czech.…
Hitler’s Turkistani Soldiers – Challenging the Occultist Legends Argunners
Sometimes blue-eyed and almost always of an Asian appearance, these German Army soldiers became a myth wrapped in the occultist/esoteric legend of the “Nazi mysteries”… Paolo A. Dossena was born in…
Brian Richard Esher her First Book “Rolling Coffins ” Argunners
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…
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Argunners Magazine, launched in January, 2015, receives an average of 6,500-10,500 views per day (statistics of last two months). Last month, July 2015, we have received over a 200,000 monthly…
Mephisto, the last remaining WWI German A7V Tank Argunners
Mephisto is a German A7V Sturmpanzerwagen tank from World War I, bearing chassis number 506. Mephisto is the last surviving A7V tank anywhere in the world. Sturmpanzerwagen A total of 20 Germany’s A7V Sturmpanzerwagen were ever built for…
11 obscure stories about Marines who became celebrities Argunners
They say “Once a Marine, always a Marine.” Marines can do anything, in and out of uniform. Many can’t wait to get into the Marines, and some can’t wait to…
WATCH: Private Snafu – The Goldbrick Argunners
PRIVATE SNAFU: Episode 4 – The Goldbrick Private Snafu was the title character of a series of American instructional cartoon shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, produced by Warner Bros., between 1943 and…
Sepp Dietrich & Eva Braun at Berghof, Berchtesgaden Argunners
Amazing color footage of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s residence Berghof in Berchtesgaden, Germany during World War II. The video begins with an aircraft in flight. It then shows Herta Schneider…
Books on Easy Company – 506th PIR – 101st AB Argunners
Still looking for a Christmas gift? Search no further, find here all must-have and bestselling books on Easy Company – the legendary Band of Brothers – of the 506th Parachute…
Operation Infatuate: Walcheren Landings in 1944 Argunners
Walcheren Landings Operation Infatuate was the codename given to an Anglo-Canadian operation during the Second World War to open the port of Antwerp to shipping and relieve logistical constraints. The…
Unseen pictures from Hitler's Berghof in ruins Argunners
The Berghof began as a much smaller chalet called Haus Wachenfeld, a holiday home built during the first World War by Kommerzienrat Otto Winter, a businessman from Buxtehude. This was located…
TRAILER: White Tiger! A Russian World War II Tank Movie Argunners
As World War II draws to a close, reports of an indestructible, ghostly-white Tiger tank spread amid the Soviet ranks. After barely surviving a battle with the almost-mythical beast, Red…
Incredible Saga of OSS Col. Peter Ortiz in World War II | Argunners Argunners
Approximately 80 officers and 200 enlisted men from the Marine Corps served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. In that group was one of the…
Notable US Navy Losses of World War 2 Argunners
During December 1941 and September 1945, the US Navy lost hundreds of warships and patrol craft due enemy contact, natural disasters and various incidents. We have compiled some of the more notable…
Awesome Game Verdun is set in the trenches of World War I Argunners
World War II has given the video game industry plenty of material, but a good World War I game is pretty hard to find. Not anymore. A recently-released game set on the…
Truk Lagoon and its stunning Ship Graveyard Argunners
My dream history lesson includes a tropical Pacific island where I step off a beautiful boat soaked in sunshine the warm Micronesian waters and descend on a coral covered ship…
Images of the infamous Polish Gold Train (Hoax) Argunners
Images of the infamous Polish Gold train are going around the world since yesterday after they were shared on various Media & Social Networks such as Twitter, Facebook and Polish…
Hoki Maru Wreck in Truk Lagoon Argunners
Another Lagoon favorite is the Hoki Maru due to her cargo. Construction equipment and vehicles are found in hold #5 including intact trucks, tractors, a steamroller and two bulldozers. The trucks have…
Shipwrecks of World War I Revealed Argunners
A team of scientists led by Dr Ruth Plets, School of Environmental Sciences at Ulster University, aboard the Marine Institute’s Celtic Voyager research vessel, RV Celtic Voyager, has revealed detailed…
World's First Flying Wing Jet: Horten Ho 229 at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Argunners
The Horten H. IX (“Horten Ho 229”) was a late World War II German prototype fighter / bomber that was designed by the brothers Reimar and Walter Horten and built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik…
Leopold Münster rammed a B-24 Liberator Mid-Air as last Kill Argunners
Portrait of Leopold Münster Leopold Münster was born on 13th December 1920 as son of Leopold Münster in Pohorsch near Odrau, Orbital Neutitschein/ Sudetenland. At the age of 5 he…
Airplane Graveyard of World War II in Pacific Ocean Argunners
Brandi Mueller, a Merchant Mariner licensed by the U.S. Coastguard, captured incredible photos of an airplane graveyard containing over 150 Allied WWII aircraft, lying 30 feet under the Pacific Ocean…
Battle for Maritime Communications during World War II | Argunners Argunners
In 1938, Germany had only 3 “pocket” battleships, 6 light cruisers, 7 destroyers, 12 torpedo boats, and 36 submarines—many of which were unfit for ocean service[1]. The British Home Fleet…
REVIEW: History of the Totenkopf's Panther-Abteilung by Ian Michael Wood Argunners
REVIEW: Engaged in Eastern Front combat from 1943, starting with the recapture of Kharkov and enormous battle around Kursk shortly after, the unit received it’s first Panther tanks at the…
Chips – Most decorated Dog of World War II | Argunners Argunners
Chips, a German shepherd, collie, husky mix, was the most famous and decorated sentry dog in World War II, one of 10,425 dogs that saw service in the Quartermaster Corps’…
Horrors of War shown by previously unpublished WWII Photographs Argunners
Brig.Gen. Charles D. Palmer receiving the Legion of Merit from Lt.Gen. Alexander M. Patch. Argunners Magazine published a series of amazing WWII photographs recently uncovered from the archives of General Charles Day…
Hiroo Onada: Japanese soldier who surrendered after 29 years Argunners
When the Japanese surrendered during WWII, one unknowing soldier spent 29 years staying true to his word until someone finally dragged him out of the jungle. Japan’s involvement in WWII came to a…
Amazing WWII Photographs you've never seen before Argunners
Brig.Gen. Charles D. Palmer receiving the Legion of Merit from Lt.Gen. Alexander M. Patch. Argunners will be publishing a series of amazing WWII photographs recently uncovered from the archives of General…
Story of Leonard Siffleet – Executed Australian POW Argunners
It’s probably one of the most famous images of World War II and you will certainly have seen it before but do you know the history behind it? This is…
USS Saratoga Shipwreck (CV-3) in Bikini Atoll Argunners
The USS Saratoga (CV-3), commissioned in 1927, was an Lexington-class American Aircraft carrier measuring 268 meters (880 ft.) in length and weighting 39,000 tons. Originally she was designed as a battlecruiser, but…
The A-37 Dragonfly in Vietnam Argunners
A small cadre of mid-grade Pentagon officers — the “renegades,” some call them — are arguing for a light attack capability for the U.S. Air Force. Believing the United States…
WATCH: Schwimmwagens riding in a fast flowing river Argunners
Recently a video was shared on Facebook which shows an insight view from a Volkswagen Type 166 Schwimmwagen riding in a fast flowing river. The video was most likely taken…
Secret of World War II: B-17 Lady Jeannette – Part 5 | Argunners Argunners
This final submission to Argunners covers the period after the crew of the “Lady Jeannette” & “226″ returns to England to when the men return to the USA. With additional information of…
Selling of German Militaria in UK, 1966 Argunners
Video from around 1966, recorded in the United Kingdom, shows the sale of German Militaria from World War 2 such as the Ritterkreuzmappe from Major Paul Dowerk (09.02.1910-23.06.1944), several uniforms,…
Sergeant Stubby – Most decorated Dog of World War I Argunners
The use of dogs in war has a history reaching back to ancient times. The most famous American war dog was a four-legged hero of World War I named Stubby. Here…
LW Ace Leopold Münster rammed a B-24 Mid-Air as last Kill Argunners
Portrait of Leopold Münster Leopold Münster was born on 13th December 1920 as son of Leopold Münster in Pohorsch near Odrau, Orbital Neutitschein/ Sudetenland. At the age of 5 he…
Soldiers who survived the bloodiest American battle of World War II tell their stories Argunners
On Dec. 16, 1944, the German army launched a massive surprise offensive into the Ardennes forest in Belgium which became known as “The Battle of the Bulge.” The battle, launched…
