Staff Sgt. Rocco Moretto (left) with Tech Sgt. Bob Wright (later killed in action) at Bütgenbach, Belgium in December 1944. (Credits: Robert F. Dorr) When Germany surrendered on May 8,…

Brandi Mueller, a Merchant Mariner licensed by the U.S. Coastguard, captured incredible photos of over 150 Allied WWII aircraft now lying 130 feet under the Pacific Ocean near the Marshall…

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…

Around 1300 German soldiers from the Wehrmacht, who were buried in 1943 in Askoldowa Mohyla Park in Ukraine will be finally exhumed and receive their final resting place. The exhumation…

During December 1941 and September 1945, the U.S. Navy lost hundreds of warships and patrol craft due enemy contact, natural disasters and various incidents. We have compiled some of the more notable…

The publisher of the video Jonathan Winton was on September 5, 2015 in Prestwick to watch the Scottish Airshow 2015. He captioned “I wanted to see the Vulcan one last time before…

Argunners Magazine (short: Argunners) publishes a variety of Reviews going from Literature to Museums. The sole purpose of these reviews is to let you know what you might expect, what…

Most countries still had anti-tank rifles in their military inventory at the beginning of WWII – the Solothurn S18-100, the Lahti L39, the Boys AT Rifle, the PTRD and PTRS,…

Lionfish on the Corsair Glassfish in an airplane wreck Douglas SBD Dauntless Douglas SBD Dauntless “Airplane Graveyard Gallery” Page 1 – 2

69 years after the crash are on Friday on a field in südwestmecklenburgischen Dreilützow the remains of a German airman was found Dreilützow. With 69 years after his crash a…

The story of WWI soldier James Clark from Slamannan has the makings of a Hollywood epic after he came back from the dead during the Great War. After being hit…

Adolf Hitler talked about the Heinkel He 177 Greif (Griffin) bomber in a meeting with his military staff on Feb. 1, 1943. Speaking to Generaloberst (Colonel General) Hans Jeschonnek, chief…

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 enduring…

A fleet of Allied aircraft flies overhead as paratroopers of the Allied Airborne Command float groundward in the invasion of the Netherlands, still another step towards the liberation of Europe.…

The HMS Victory (Credits: Odyssey Marine Exploration) After more then 271 years ago, when the HMS Victory perished with all souls on board, archaeologists have finally found the cause of the…

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…

German U-Boat, U-2511, was commissioned on 29 September 1944 and put under the command of famous U-Boat captain Adalbert Schnee, who was decorated with Germany’s highest valor award the Knight’s…

Nose-Art from the B-24J “Our Burma”,  755th Bombardment Squadron, 458th Bombardment Group of the Eight Air Force. B-24J Liberator “Ten Gun Dottie”, 753rd Bombardment Squadron, 458th Bombardment Group of the Eight Air Force. USAAF…

WWII Spitfire crashed at Biggin Hill. (Credits: Twitter @ KhurramFarooq) A World War II Spitfire flying in Biggin Hill was forced today (1 August 2015) to make an emergency landing…

USS Indianapolis, starboard bow. (Credits: NARA) When the USS Indianapolis was sunk by Japanese torpedoes in the final weeks of WWII, around 900 men of the crew jumped into the water…

Søren Kam bearing the Knight’s Cross. News has reached Argunners that the Danish Ritterkreuzträger SS-Obersturmführer Sören Kam has passed away on 23 March 2015 in Kempten, Germany. He followed his wife,…

While we normally stick to small arms here, this beast of a gun was just way too impressive for me to not pay attention to. I was at a cannon…

Long before he was making everyone laugh with classic films like “Blazing Saddles” and “Spaceballs,” comedy legend Mel Brooks was defusing land mines in World War II. After graduating high school in 1944,…

A German bunker that was built in 1943 has recently been uncovered in Arcachon Basin, Gironde in France by the Archaeological Research Group for the Atlantic Wall: Arcachon Sector (Gramasa).…

MTB219 ready to be launched! On Saturday the 31st of January 2015 our 70ft Second World War Motor Torpedo Boat MTB219 will travel through Bridgwater on her way to be launched…

Hubert Rochereau’s room in a house in Bélâbre, France. (Photograph: Bruno Mascle/ Photoshot) The name of dragoons officer Hubert Rochereau is commemorated on a war memorial in Bélâbre, his native…

Seldom interior images of Italy’s WWII Battleship Roma (Page 3) Battleship Roma (‘Corazzata Roma’) was the fourth Vittorio Veneto-class battleship of Italy’s Regia Marina (Royal Navy). She was laid down almost four…

Seldom exterior images of Italy’s WWII Battleship Roma Battleship Roma (‘Corazzata Roma’) was the fourth Vittorio Veneto-class battleship of Italy’s Regia Marina (Royal Navy). She was laid down almost four years after the…

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.…

Watch a video ‘walkthrough’ from the World War 2-era German Submarine U-505 at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Thanks to user Joebot2003. August 25th, 2015…

Augusta Chiwy (Credits: U.S. Embassy of Belgium) Lady Augusta Chiwy, known as the ‘Angel of Bastogne’, has sadly passed away this Sunday August 23, 2015 at the age of 94. Chiwy…

In the video you’ll see how Joshua Hanlon, of BrickPodcast.com, is talking with Daniel ‘Dan’ Siskind, who is the owner of the Minneapolis-based Brickmania, on his LEGO WWII Battleship “USS Missouri”, which is…

It’s one of the lesser known facts of history but did you know that in 1937, two Japanese officers named Toshiaki Mukai and Tsuyoshi Noda held a contest over who was the…

The Bismarck was the largest ship of the German navy during the ’40s. It was one of the last great battleships before aircraft carriers and U-boats eclipsed them. At more than…

Seldom interior images of Italy’s WWII Battleship Roma Battleship Roma (‘Corazzata Roma’) was the fourth Vittorio Veneto-class battleship of Italy’s Regia Marina (Royal Navy). She was laid down almost four years after…

Original WWII color footage of World War II aircraft including Spitfire IX MJ730 shot by Memphis Belle director William Wyler in 1944. Other footage include the B-17 and P-51. The…

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…

If you can’t make it to Moscow to visit The Central Armed Forces Museum (Russian: Центральный Музей Вооруженных сил) also known as the Museum of the Soviet Army near the Red Army…

Beneath the Sea: Wreck of U-155 Target: U155 IXC Depth: 73 metres Weather and sea conditions: Sunny – 4-5W – 25 metres underwater visibility Diving report: U155 AT LAST! The…

Malin 2010-5D2-Sherman tanks from Rich Stevenson on Vimeo. WWII Sherman Tank Graveyard 70 Meters Deep off the Coast of Ireland: This is a short clip of the Sherman tanks from…

BOOK: Shot Down – The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth by Steve Snyder (ISBN: 0986076007) Where does one begin to start the review…

Could Nazi Germany have gotten a jet fighter into combat much earlier than it did? What if the Reich had rushed the Heinkel He 280 into service rather than waiting…

Watch stunning color footage of Berlin just two months after the war, First Motion Picture Unit—the U.S. Army’s film production unit—traveled around Europe to record the damage done by the…

Photo of Allard (Credits: Uwe Benkel) On February, 14 1945 two U.S. P-47 „Thunderbolt“ aircraft from the Groupe de Chasse I/4 “Navarre”, an unit equipped with French pilots of the Free French Air Force (FFAF),…

Don’t miss out! Argunners 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…

The Department of 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 buried with…

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…

German police found a WWII tank, an anti-aircraft gun, and a torpedo in a raid on a house belonging to an elderly man. The man’s property had been searched previously…

During archaeological excavations in Venlo last week the remains of a German soldier from World War II were found. That was made public by the municipality of Venlo this Wednesday.…

List of airplane wrecks located in Truk Lagoon made by U.S. National Park Service (Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons) Some of the more popular airplane wreck dives in the Lagoon…