WATCH: The Ubiquitous RPG-7
The RPG-7 is pretty far from being a forgotten weapon, but I was not going to pass up an opportunity to take a closer look at a live one. This…
British D-Day veterans receive Légion d’honneur award
A group of 15 British veterans have received France’s highest honour on September 29, 2015 for their role in the liberation of the country during the Second World War. The veterans, of…
Estonian WWII Movie 1944 now available!
Good news for enthusiast of war movies! The long-awaited Estonian World War II Movie 1944 has been released today, 6 October 2015, on the German Amazon website, which is good…
SdKfz 250 & SdKfz 7 Pulled out of the River in Amazing state
Over the days a Sonderkraftfahrzeug 250 & Sonderkraftfahrzeug 7 were pulled and recovered out of the Pilica river in an amazing state by the Museum of Military Technology in Chrcynno, Poland. This mission…
REVIEW: Battles of the Marne & the Aisne (DVD)
While the Allied Generals were nearing panic as the Germans approached Paris, Marshal Foch quickly realised the German intent and that the Schlieffen plan was unravelling. In a master piece…
Mel Gibson's Upcoming WWII Drama “Hacksaw Ridge”
Mel Gibson has started production on World War II drama Hacksaw Ridge in New South Wales, Australia, starring Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn and Sam Worthington. The first photographs for this new…
Messerschmitt Me 262 – Jet Fighter
The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (“Swallow”), also called the Sturmvogel (“Stormbird”) in its fighter-bomber version, was the world’s first operational jet fighter. It had the potential to create havoc for…
Battalion 1944, a new upcoming World War II shooter
It has been a long time since there was a decent World War II shooter-game but with Battalion 1944 in the run, this may come to an end. Battalion 1944,…
WATCH: Private Snafu – Gripes Episode during WWII
PRIVATE SNAFU: Episode 2 – Gripes 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…
First trailer of WWII Action Thriller “Dunkirk” released
It’s time for a first glimpse at Nolan’s new World War II movie “Dunkirk”. Warner Bros has released this first short teaser trailer for Christopher Nolan’s action thriller a few days…
TRAILER: Russian Sniper Movie “Battle for Sevastopol”
The breakout of the war shatters the world of a young student, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, forcing her to enlist in the army in 1941. The maiden turns out to be a…
Polish Historian claims to have found the missing Amber Room
After two individuals had claimed to have found a ‘long forgotten’ German train filled with gold and gems last year, with a release crappy photo-shopped images last october of that…
B-24D Liberator Crew Missing Since WWII Finally Found
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been accounted for and are being returned…
Lt. Col. Eldridge Williams, one of the last Tuskegee Airmen, passed away
Eldridge Williams On Feb. 13, the Miami-Dade Aviation Department honored “not only members of the Greatest Generation” but “the Greatest Generation Plus.” Three South Florida Tuskegee Airmen of the 26 surviving…
Dog Tags of KIA US Soldier, Frank H. Norton, returned to Family
Incredible story of a metal detector who found the dog-tags of a fallen World War II soldier, Frank H. Norton, and returned it to the family. Peter van Pelt from Grobbendonk,…
Falkirk’s Johnny was one of the Ladies from Hell in WW1
The bravery of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders soldiers earned them respect – the uniform earned them the legendary nickname The Ladies from Hell. It was a name given by the…
The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich – 27 May 1942
THE ASSASSINATION OF REINHARD HEYDRICH R. C. Jaggers On the twenty-ninth of May, 1942, Radio Prague announced that Reinhard Heydrich, Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia, was dying; assassins had wounded…
Spitfire pilot remembered forever in Slamannan
A permanent memorial to a Spitfire pilot which features the propeller of the plane he was flying now has pride of place in a Braes village. A service was held…
WWII Destruction of Rotterdam German Film Uncovered
The German Federal Archive has found a film of the destruction of Rotterdam and Middelburg which was filmed by a German film crew in August 1940, a few months after the bombing.…
REVIEW: Ypres 1914: Langemarck by Jack Sheldon & Nigel Cave
These three Battleground Europe books on Ypres 1914 mark the centenary of the final major battle of the 1914 campaign on the Western Front. Although fought over a relatively small…
Pacific War – Battle Off Samar
Admiral Takeo Kurita The Pacific War, which began in 1941, was one that the Japanese Empire was losing by 1944. Despite their initial victories the Japanese could not hold the…
92-year old Navy Vet. got lost, Town comes to Aid
92-year old, World War II Navy Veteran, Oscar Ehrhart who left his house on Friday morning to attend a local American Legion meeting near his home in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, got…
Defence of Hougoumont (1815) – Then & Now
If Waterloo was the pivotal moment of Napoleon’s return during the Hundred Days, then Hougoumont was linchpin of the Battle of Waterloo itself. The Duke of Wellington, commander of the…
Theft of WWII Paratrooper's Medals seeking Public Assistance
Dan Hartigan proudly wearing his medals. The Calgary Police Service is seeking public assistance related to the theft of a number of war medals and other personal property from a…
Veteran's Day – A 'Bulgebuster' Remembers
In 1944, now 91 year old Julian “Sarge” Sargentini was then part of the “Bulgebusters”. Here Sarge remembers the first time he experienced the horrors of war. Along with witnessing…
US military to exhume Pearl Harbor attack remains to identify troops
The US military plans to exhume the remains of 388 Americans killed in the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, in an unprecedented attempt to identify troops using DNA testing.…
Fly amongst the legends in a Lancaster, P-51 or P-40 for $3,000
Experience a flight in a classic Second World War fighter, in formation with other historic combat aircraft, including the Avro Lancaster or simply said fly amongst the legends. Warbirds fans…
WWI Hellfighter Closer to Getting Medal of Honor Award
Sergeant Henry Lincoln Johnson. Harlem Hellfighter Henry Lincoln Johnson is another step closer to being the second black WWI hero to be awarded the Medal of Honor. The Oregonian reported Sept. 4…
TRAILER: Edinichka (2015) – Russian War Movie
I’ve just found this trailer from a recent Russian World War 2 movie called “Edinichka”. I sadly do not more at the moment but I couldn’t spare you the trailer. …
Canadian WWII soldier given proper burial 70 years after his death
Canadian Private Albert Laubenstein has found a final resting place, 70 years after he was killed during the Allied advance through the Netherlands in the closing months of World War II.…
Avro Lancaster KB882 Found a New Home
As WarbirdsNews reported back in February, the combat veteran Avro Lancaster KB882 which has long been on outside display in Edmundston, New Brunswick was set to move to a new…
WATCH: Interview with Harada Kaname (Japanese Ace)
Harada Kaname was an Imperial Japanese Navy fighter pilot who fought in the Pacific War during World War II. Although sources do vary, he has been credited with up to 19…
Falkirk men among Quintinshill rail disaster victims
Lance Corporal John Sutherland, The Royal Scots. A teacher from Laurieston died in action in WWI. They were the Falkirk district soldiers killed before they had the chance to serve…
Site of crashed US warplane found in Hong Kong’s Tai Tam country
Military buff hopes to solve riddle of US airmen killed during bombing of HK A local amateur military historian has unearthed the site of a second world war plane crash…
What if the Nazis won WWII? The Man in the High Castle!
A glimpse into an alternate history of North America. What life after WWII may have been like if the Nazis had won the war. It’s 1962, America has lost WWII;…
Early Naval Aviation – History Up Close
Soldiers from the 4th Maine Infantry Regiment inflate the balloon “Intrepid” before the Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. in late May 1862. (Library of Congress Photo) On July 12, 1849,…
Missing WWII P-38 Pilot Accounted For
U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Alvin Beethe. (Credit: DoD) The Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that the remains of a missing World War II U.S. serviceman…
New WW2 Movies Releases in 2015
Don’t miss out! Argunners Magazine keeps you updated on new (top) Movie & Documentary releases, so that you don’t miss out anything. In this list are the new WORLD WAR II MOVIE, DOCUMENTARY…
Avro Lancaster Bomber in Photographs
The personnel required to keep one Avro Lancaster flying on operations, taken at Scampton, Lincolnshire. Front row (left to right); flying control officer, WAAF parachute packer, meteorological officer, seven aircrew…
“Our Unprecedented WWII Atrocities”
Cameo: -noun – a short descriptive literary sketch that neatly encapsulates somewhat complicated concepts like the eleven italicized paragraphs below hopefully do. Being an American can be difficult. Most Americans…
WWII Panzer ace Otto Carius dies at 92
Otto Carius, a World War II German panzer ace credited with destroying more than 150 enemy tanks, mostly on the Eastern Front, has died at 92. Carius died at home…
Jagdpanzer 38t of the Australian Armour & Artillery Museum
A rare German World War II Jagdpanzer 38t tank is now on display at Australian Armour and Artillery Museum. The acquired Hetzer is also the only one of two original…
Kugelpanzer – Most mysterious and weirdest tank of WWII
Its not strange to see weird prototypes of tanks but this one is certainly a number one of the most mysterious and weirdest tanks of World War II. There’s only one…
REVIEW: Jack's War by Elizabeth W. Herbert DVM
REVIEW: Do not hope for any real story line or plot in this book. It is nothing more than a collection of letters written by John “Jack” Homer Woolsey from April…
TRAILER: Estonian WWII Movie 1944
A new Estonian WWII Movie called “1944” tells the story about the battles in Estonia during the Second World War. “Unlike most other countries, where single nationality was fighting for…
Records of WWI Indian Army Reserve Officers online
A list and details of 684 Indian Army Reserve Officers volunteering for the IARO throughout 1916 and published in January 1917 has been uploaded to the FIBIS database website. This…
Oldest Known U.S. Veteran, Emma Didlake, died at the age of 110
President Barack Obama greets the nation’s oldest living veteran, Emma Didlake, in the Oval Office, July 17, 2015. (Credits: Pete Souza / White House) The nation’s oldest known living veteran,…
Voices of the First World War – Christmas Truce
http://www.argunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Podcast-9_-The-Christmas-Truce.mp3 Two of my section came dashing into the billet during the morning and said, ‘What do you know, the Jerries are out on the top; they’re walking about, they’re…
Amazing view from inside sunken WWI Submarine U-110
These extraordinary images from the inside of German Submarine U-110 were taken from an album of photographs found in the Swan Hunter shipbuilders collection at Tyne & Wear Archives. The album…
Cadillac of Italy's WWII Navy: Battleship Roma
Battleship Roma (‘Corazzata Roma’) was the fourth Vittorio Veneto-class battleship of Italy’s Regia Marina (Royal Navy). As Roma was laid down almost four years after the first two ships of the…
