WWII Sherman Tank Graveyard 70 Meters Deep off the Coast of Ireland: This is a short clip of the Sherman tanks from the shipwreck of the Empire Heritage that lies…

Breaking the Fortress Line 1914 offers a fascinating new perspective on the German offensive against France and Belgium in 1914. In graphic detail it describes the intense fighting that took…

The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), also known as Unternehmen: Wacht am Rhein, was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region…

Our furry (and sometimes not so furry) friends have made more than their fair share of appearances throughout wartime. Whether they’re sniffing out bombs or just hanging out onboard a…

Don’t miss out! Argunners Magazine keeps you updated on new upcoming (top) Movie, TV-serie and Documentary releases, so that you don’t miss out anything. In this list are the new World War II Movie, Documentary and…

Spring 1939. Brothers Jake and Greg Jackson’s bitter rivalry gets to a breaking point when war reaches the land. Poetry lover Greg unexpectedly signs up for front-line battle in France…

Don’t miss out! Argunners Magazine keeps you updated on new upcoming (top) Movie, TV-serie and Documentary releases, so that you don’t miss out anything. In this list are the upcoming World War II Movie,…

Iron Grave: KO & Wrecked Panzers in Normandy 1944 Beneath are a selection of photographs from KO’d and destroyed Tanks (“Panzers”) from the German armed forces during the Normandy campaign in…

Nackt unter Wölfen (translated as Naked Among Wolves) is a 2015 German drama film directed by Philipp Kadelbach. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Bruno Apitz,…

The Sturmgeschutz-Abteilung 202 was one of the most successful German assault gun units in the Second World War. It had been deployed exclusively on the Eastern Front against the Red…

Video from the Documentary “Heroes of the 354th: P-51 vs Me-262” in which USAF pilots Ralph Delgado (355th F.S.), Charles Tighe (355th F.S.) and Bruno Peters (355th F.S.) talk about…

Interview with Wolf-Dietrich Jaehn. Jaehn served in the Afrikakorps during World War II and ended the war as Lieutenant and Company Commander of the Stabskompanie/ schwere Panzer-Abteilung 507. We often…

It has been 50 years since two Avro Lancaster bombers flew side by side. The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Avro Lancaster, VeRA, flew from Hamilton, Ontario to meet her British…

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…

Argunners Magazine published a series of amazing WWII photographs recently uncovered from the archives of General Charles Day Palmer, who was a four-star General. Most of the photographs were confidential photographs taken…

All snipers are marksmen, but not all marksmen are snipers. The sniper operates alone, distinguished from his fellow marksmen by the fact that he doesn’t have the company of his…

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…

Invented in the 1820s by Louis Daguerre and Charles Marie Bouton, of daguerreotype photography fame, the diorama is a three-dimensional model of a realistic scene, frequently displayed against a painted…

DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) studio, has announced Battlefield™ 1 on May 6, 2016. Only in Battlefield 1 will you bring a horse to a tank fight and squad-up…

When the US entered WWII, submachine guns were in short supply and high demand. Much of the production of Thompson guns was being purchased by the UK, and what guns…

Peter During, a SAAF Spitfire Pilot during World War II, was shot down early 1945 and taken POW.. Only he convinced his captors to become his Prisoners! Peter’s service began…

BOOK: The Oder Front 1945: Generaloberst Gotthard Heinrici, Heeresgruppe Weichsel and Germany’s Final Defense in the East, 20 March – 3 May by A. Stephan Hamilton. Nazi Germany’s fall is…

Seldom footage from near the end (most likely April 1945) of World War 2, in Europe. U.S. gun camera footage of an American fighter (most likely a P-51 Mustang) firing at a…

A 8-part drama mini-series has been announced as sequel for classic 1981 movie “Das Boot” (“The Boat”). “Das Boot” is one of the most successful German films of all time.…

MS Rio de Janeiro sunk in 1940 was recently found at 135 m depth. The German ship Rio de Janeiro has been found outside Lillesand. Around 200 from a total…

Since her commissioning in February 1941 the Tirpitz operated in the Baltic conducting trials and training her crew as well as participating in some minor operations in connection with the…

A German soldier, who was missing since 1945, has been found by Arbeitsgruppe Vermisstenforschung on April 18, 2015. The remains were found in a shallow grave of 50 cm deep near Lampaden by…

Friedrich Lengfeld, was a German officer in the Wehrmacht, who died in November 1944 during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest (“Hürtgenwald”), whilst trying to save the life of a U.S.…

The World War II crash site of a military plane carrying Japanese admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who was the commander-in-chief during the decisive early years of the Pacific War and was…

“The Rangers looked up and saw the enemy soldiers—the edge of the cliffs shooting down at them with machine guns and throwing grenades. And the American Rangers began to climb…

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family…

Lummen unveils a monument to the US bomber’s crew on the 70th anniversary of its crash. Aug. 17, 1943. A massive formation of B-17s thundered toward Germany on a mission…

USS New Jersey (BB-62; also known as “Big J”), an Iowa-class battleship, was the most decorated US Battleship in Naval history and the second ship of the United States Navy to…

In May 1943 the famous British actor, producer, and director Leslie Howard conducted a month-long “entertainer goodwill” tour ostensibly promoting in Spain and Portugal a movie he had produced, The Lamp Still…

The Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of two servicemen, who were missing since the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to their families…

Ewald Ehm Bearer of the German Cross in Gold, Close Combat Badge in Gold, Wound Badge in Gold and Holder of (at least) 2 Panzer Destruction Badges SS-Untersturmführer Ewald Ehm closed…

Sdkfz 186 Jagdtiger (Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B) is the common name of a German heavy tank destroyer of World War II. The official German designation was Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B…

On December 7th, 1941, after years of tenuous relations with the Japanese Empire, the United States found itself under siege.  Pearl Harbor, the home of the United States Navy’s Pacific…

I’ve always enjoyed a good war movie, particularly the historic ones. Where more modern military films, such as Jarhead and Black Hawk Down, fail at capturing the more dramatic and heroic tones of…

Featured beneath are new book releases by Helion & Company Ltd for the month November-December 2015. ARMOURED HUSSARS 2: IMAGES OF THE 1ST POLISH ARMOURED DIVISION, NORMANDY, AUGUST 1944 by David…

Most everyone is familiar with the Luger pistol – it is one of the most iconic handgun designs ever made. Folks who have a passing interest in the guns will…

The Battle for Monte La Difensa was part of Operation Raincoat and took place between 3 December and 9 December 1943 in Italy. The battle ended in an Allied victory.…

BOOK: SS Panzergrenadier: A true story of World War II by Hans Schmidt One hardly knows where to begin in summarizing this magnificent book by Hans Schmidt who was born in Germany in…

The German occupation of Norway began on 9 April 1940 after German forces invaded the neutral Scandinavian country of Norway.[1] It ended on 8 May 1945, after the capitulation of…

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.…

Photographical journey through the Allied snipers of World War II. Most photographs depict British and, or Canadian Snipers using the British Lee Enfield. Allied Snipers of World War II TIP:…

“Wir Waren Kameraden” is a new upcoming World War II movie based on the true story of a German soldier, Helmut Böttger. Böttger, now 92 years old, fought during World…

At first, concentration camp guards during the Nazi regime of World War II were male. However, with the introduction of female guards to Auschwitz and Majdanek, a new era began,…

An incredible – yet true – story comes back to life through the book of Kostas Thoctarides and Rena Giatropoulou regarding the  legendary submarine « HMS Perseus ». The book,…

In October 1941, the United States was the only major industrial power still neutral. But that status was becoming increasingly tenuous. Off its east coast, America sailed a dangerous diplomatic course between…