For the two wars, the New York National Guard kept track of each death of a member of the Armed Forces who called New York home or served through the…

PRIVATE SNAFU: Episode 3: Spies 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 1945…

Germany was one of the first nations to really get into the sniping business during World War I, and this is an example of their sniper rifle of the period.…

The Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced on 11 June 2015 that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing since World War II, have been identified and are being returned…

Hill 60 had been taken by the Germans in November 1914 during the Battle of First Ypres (Flemish: Ieper). Due to its height it provided an excellent vantage point over Ypres,…

After the Pearl Harbor attack, Ben Kuroki volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps. He would become the first Japanese-American war hero, surviving 58 missions as an aerial gunne Ben…

This radio chatter clip is from a Lancaster Crew who were flying a mission over Germany during World War Two. The bomber got attacked by a German fighter later on in…

The Germans used the Enigma cipher machine for their military communications before and during WWII. In August 1941, the British managed to capture an Enigma coding machine from U-570. The first and only…

China and Russia will begin a search for the remains of Soviet servicemen who died in battles in northeast China in 1945, the local foreign affairs authority announced Monday. The search…

The United States had two primary types of sniper rifles during World War One, although both were based on the M1903 Springfield rifle. The most common optic used was the…

A Story of Survival On Feb. 9, 1945, George Emerson was in the tail position (tail gunner) as his B-17 bomber flew toward their target for the day, an oil…

Whenever one of his men was killed in action, it was Larry Lantow’s job to write to their families. But unlike many things done over and over, he said, it…

The sinking of MV Wilhelm Gustloff by the Soviet Submarine S-13 resulted in the greatest maritime disaster in history with the largest loss of life at sea. At 55 degrees…

South African history has produced many notorious figures, one of whom is the second king of the Zulu nation, Dingane kaSenzangakhona. Nervous about white encroachment on his land, he had…

Kätilö (Wildeye) tells the story of a Finnish midwife who falls in love with a German-Finnish Waffen-SS officer during the Lapland War, in the middle of World War II. It’s a…

With the exception of Poland, no region or territory suffered more greatly during World War II than the Baltic States. Caught between the giants of the Soviet Union and the…

Target: U-155 IXC Depth: 73 metres Weather and sea conditions: Sunny – 4-5W – 25 metres underwater visibility U-155 at last! The location of this most famous of U-boats was…

IN JUNE 1916, Field Marshall Earl Kitchener, the Minister of War, was scheduled to visit Russia for a series of negotiations aimed at ensuring that the Tsar’s forces would stay…

There has never been a successful defence of any island in warfare since “modern” aircraft took to the skies and the invader established air superiority or air supremacy over their invasion site. Fleets…

On June 6, 1944 the history of the world changed when the Allies landed along the Normandy coast, beginning the D-Day invasion of World War II. Tens of thousands of…

The M4 Sherman, officially Medium Tank, M4, was the most numerous battle tank used by the United States and some other Western Allies in World War II. It proved to…

The Battle of Shiloh was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6 – 7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. A Union army under…

With Flak-Bait front fuselage, conservation team members from left, Jeremy Kinney, Lauren Horelick, Pat Robinson and Chris Moore. (Credits: Michelle Z. Donahue) Ah, that new car smell. New plane smell…

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…

Home Fires is a British period television drama about the life of Women’s Institute members on the Home Front during the Second World War. Acclaimed actresses Francesca Annis and Samantha…

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…

One of the most, if not the most, emotionally wrenching decisions made by the British government during World War II was its decision to relocate its children out of urban…

The MP-43 (which is mechanically identical to the MP-44 and Sturmgewehr 44; the differences are the subject for another video later) is a tilting bolt rifle with a long stroke…

Roza Shanina was only 14 when she ran away from home and only 20 when she became a sniper in the Red Army, determined to face the German invaders that stormed…

Bonhams will hold its third annual World War II auction on April 29 to offer artefacts, documents and memorabilia relating to historic events of World War II. To commemorate the 70th…

Kevin Wheatcroft at home in Leicestershire, where he keeps one of the largest collections of German military vehicles and Nazi memorabilia. (Credits: David Sillitoe for the Guardian) When he was…

The Royal Navy bomb disposal experts have destroyed a 1,500lb (680kg) German WWII mine yesterday which was discovered on the seabed in The Solent. The World War Two GD ground…

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – On the first Sunday in February, western Massachusetts veterans honored the four Military Chaplains who sacrificed their lives during World War Two. Veterans filled the V.A.…

“The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga” was 12 years old when he was promoted to sergeant after firing on a Confederate colonel who was attempting to capture him. At that point John…

Internationally recognized actor Hayden Christensen (known from: STAR WARS: EPISODES 2-3, upcoming AMERICAN HEIST) will star in a bew WWII horror movie called “UNTÖT”, it was announced today by WARRIOR…

A former crew member of the Battleship Musashi of the Imperial Japanese Navy that was sunk by U.S. forces during World War II, said he felt “a sense of destiny”…

A dramatic, stunning cockpit video has been released showing the emergency landing of a WWII II-era Avenger during a historic flyover above D.C. earlier this month and how the cockpit filled…

Thanks to the Straits Times, we’ve a first look into the set and filming of the new upcoming World War II Movie Anthropoid. This new upcoming movie will tell the incredible story…

Jack Spencer joined the South African Air Force (SAAF) in May 1941. He finished his training in Mid 1943 and was sent to Italy to join SAAF No. 1 Fighter Squadron.…

On the morning of July 25, 1943, King Victor Emmanuel who had backed Benito Mussolini ever since his March on Rome in 1922 told Il Duce, “The game is over, Mussolini .…

An expedition was done to survey the historic World War II shipwrecks of HMAS Sydney (II) and the German raider HSK Kormoran. The wrecks lie in 2,500 metres of water, 20km apart, about…

Back in the autumn of 1943, a fierce battle was fought in and around Leros Island, between the British and the Germans, for the control of the Dodecanese Islands, after…

Presented to you are most probably 42 of the best images that may be found to the German Panzerkampfwagen VI (Tiger I. u. Tiger II) (Sd.Kfz 182) Tank. A captured…

My favorite wreck in the Lagoon, the Shinkoku Maru, has become a fantastically beautiful artificial reef. Pink and purple anemones can be found all over the top deck and schools of…

Editor’s Choice French WWI soldier his room unchanged 96 years after KIA World War I Abandoned WWI Quarry “Carriere Explosive” World War I One in three Royal Navy sailors was…

As we approached the anniversary of the Gallipoli landings it felt natural to me to select this book for reading, the first thing that caught my attention was its size, at…

German ordnance began looking for a military self loading rifle to augment the K98k as early as the 1930s, although the pressures of war initially made that development a second…

Ever felt the need to just go out and buy yourself a toy to fill up those lazy Sundays or impress your friends? The ladies aren’t unreachable anymore with this little…

Operation Paperclip, named after the use of the ordinary paperclip attached to the personnel files of select German scientists, was a special operation of breathtaking scope. Instead of highly trained…

This book is the culmination of 15 years of research dealing with I/SS-Panzer Regiment 3, from its inception in 1942, when it was equipped with Panzer III’s and IV’s, until…