Infographic of Remarkable WW1 facts – Argunners Argunners
The Gazette has compiled some of the most surprising WW1 facts – in the trenches, at home, at sea, and in the air (not forgetting the contribution of our furred and…
Horrible Details of pilot's death little known, until now Argunners
‘There’s no such thing as closure’: Madeline Teremy of Hamlin talks about the story surrounding the death of her father, Norman J. Rogers, and his crew during WWII. In September 1946…
Story of Luftwaffe Ace Oskar Bösch with 18 Victories Argunners
Oskar Bösch in 1944. (Credits: Argunners) Oskar Bösch was born on 18 May 1924 at Höchst in Austria. He was a qualified glider pilot when he joined the Luftwaffe in…
Horrors of World War I brought in color Argunners
The featured photographs, colorized by Benjamin Thomas, Doug Banks, Dave Chandler, Frederic Duriez, Paul Reynolds and Royston Leonard, capture in vivid detail the horror, devastation and sadness on the battlefields of World War…
Great Battles of the Great War – The Somme – Here Comes Kitcheners Army Argunners
World War 1 Documentary: Great Battles of the Great War – The Somme – Here Comes Kitcheners Army August 3rd, 2015 July 30th, 2015 July 20th, 2015
You can buy & own a unique B-25H for just $950,000 Argunners
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…
Historical Footage of the Doolittle Raiders on 18 April 1942 Argunners
Historical Footage of the Doolittle Raiders Mission and USS Hornet. On 18 April 1942, airmen of the US Army Air Forces, led by Lt. Col. James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle, carried…
Syrian rebels firing WWII German Howitzer Argunners
A new video appears which show the Syrian rebels showing off a rather unusual bit of weaponry: A World War 2-era German Howitzer. The video, which was released by Shaam News…
Unbelievable: Reality TV on surviving German Occupation to win money Argunners
Today, 23 May, a new reality TV-serie called Dovolená v Protektorátu will premiere on Czech TV in the Czech Republic. A family had to survive a two-month ordeal of German occupation including…
REVIEW: Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants 1933-1945 Argunners
BOOK: Images of War – Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants 1933-1945 – Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives by Ian Baxter (ISBN: 9781781593882) This book accurately reflects it’s title. Short on words and filled…
Argunners Magazine in the Media Argunners
Its not strange to see weird prototypes of tanks but this one is certainly a number one of… The Horten H. IX (“Horten Ho 229”) was a late World War II…
Easy Company: Attack on Foy in 1945 – Now and Then Argunners
In the wood behind this monument, on 18 December 1944 “E” Company of the 506th P.I.R. 101st Airborne division U.S. Army dug their foxholes in the Bois Jacques Woods as…
Cadillac of Italy's WWII Battleships: 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…
First Peak into WWII Thriller Anthropoid
The first image of a new upcoming WWII thriller, called “Anthropoid”, featuring Irish stars Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy has been released. “Anthropoid” tells the incredible story of a remarkable operation…
The German Sdkfz 186 Jagdtiger in 12 images
Jagdtiger is the common name of a German heavy tank destroyer of World War II. The official German designation was Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B as it was based on a…
Carriere Suzanne – Abandoned WW1 Underground Hospital
“Carriere Suzanne“, Northern France, an abandoned WW1 underground hospital established into a giant limestone quarry. One of the most beautiful places Marc Askat from 442 – Explorations has ever explored. Argunners…
Remains of 36 WWII Marines KIA at Tawara Return Home
After being recovered on a remote Pacific island called Tarawa Atoll, the remains of 36 U.S. Marines killed in World War II are finally returning to the United States. Lead…
Chapter 3 – The Pentagon | The Last Jump
Chapter Three The Pentagon – July 10, 1996 “The sweetest of all sounds is praise.” Xenophon (431 BC – 352 BC) “Well, sir, I have some good news and some…
Trailer: New Movie “War Pigs” (2015)
A new movie is on the run, nicknamed “War Pigs”, which will depict a rag tag unit of misfits known as the War Pigs and who have go behind enemy lines…
Royal Family told: open archives on family ties to Nazi regime
Buckingham Palace has been urged to disclose documents that would finally reveal the truth about the relationship between the royal family and the Nazi regime of the 1930s. The Sun’s…
Five Events that led to the Pacific War
The Pacific War was a part of World War II that began at Pearl Harbor. There more than 300 Japanese planes bombed the US Pacific Fleet battleships and aircraft at…
Missing WWII Submarine HMS Urge finally found after 70 years
A U-class submarine funded by the people of Bridgend during World War Two has finally been found 73 years after it sank for the final time. HMS Urge disappeared in…
SdKfz 186 Jagdtiger Portrayed in 12 Images
Camouflaged Jagdtiger Jagdtiger with zimmerit of the schwere Panzer Jager Abteilung 653. Tactical number 301 Destroyed Jagdtiger Captured Jagdtiger on culmeyer trailer. Jagdtiger of Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 653 Steinweiler Pfalz…
Panzers of Normandy, 1944 in 31 Photographs
A 6-pdr anti-tank gun crew of the Durham Light Infantry, 49th (West Riding) Division inspect a knocked-out German Panther tank during Operation ‘Epsom’, 27 June 1944. Wrecked German transport and…
Belgian RAF Squadron Pilots
Belgian Royal Air Force Pilots (Credits: Argunners) Identified pilots in above picture: Stassens, Neyskens, Seurmans and Labye. Can you help identifying other names? As of December 2014, the RAF officially recognizes…
A View Through British Eyes: The Normandy Campaign
Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II. The operation commenced…
Operation Failure: Market Garden in 37 Photographs
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.…
In RAF Bomber History: The Avro Lancaster in 20 Photographs
The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engined Second World War heavy bomber designed and built by Avro for the Royal Air Force (RAF). It first saw active service with RAF Bomber…
German WWII Snipers & Sharpshooters in 12 Photographs
A German Sniper and Spotter in Position observing at Woronesch. German Sniper in World War II. German Sniper in Training. German Sniper in Training. German Sniper in Training. German sniper…
Follow the Tracks: M4 Sherman in 29 Photographs
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…
Real or Fake: “Nazi Vehicle Graveyard in Belarus”
– When I first read the title of the video I was actually amazed and eager to watch it but after seeing this video on “War History Online“, a so…
VIDEO: A WWII Pilot's Long Road Home – Herb's Burial
The remains of an American WWII pilot may never have been found without the help of a 75-year-old German man. On April 13, 1945, Herb was assigned to the 368th…
VIDEO: WWII Grenade detonated near Thames in Greenwich
A bomb disposal squad that carried out the controlled explosion of a World War Two hand grenade found on the banks of the Thames “woke up half of Greenwich”. Scotland…
REVIEW: The Hood Batallion by Leonard Sellers
BOOK: The Hood Battalion – Royal Naval Division, Antwerp – Gallipoli – France 1914-1918 by Leonard Sellers (9781783461684) As we approached the anniversary of the Gallipoli landings it felt natural to me…
Japan's PM Shinzo Abe heckled at Okinawa battle anniversary event
TOKYO, Japan (November 20, 2013) U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy pays a courtesy call on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has been heckled at…
Argunners is giving away for free “Thirty Seconds over Tokyo” DVD to commemorate Doolittle Raid
To all our loyal readers, To commemorate the Doolittle Raid of 18 April 1942, which was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places…
Reunion of Giants – Avro Lancaster Bombers
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…
The only surviving Horten Ho 229 at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229, was a German prototype fighter/bomber designed by the brothers Reimar and Walter Horten and built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik late in World War II. It was the…
The Iron Grave: KO & Wrecked Panzers in Normandy 1944
“And if we are abandoned by treacherous luck, And if we don’t return home again, If death’s bullet finds us, and fate calls us away, yes, us away. Then our…
Women jailed for ‘inappropriate’ dancing next to WWII memorial
Three young women in southern Russia will serve up to 15 days in prison, on charges of hooliganism, after posting a video of themselves performing the hip-hop dance on YouTube,…
Greece threatens to seize German property, Berlin refuses to pay WWII reparations
Germany says it won’t pay Greece World War 2 reparations after Greek PM Alexis Tsipras said Berlin is using legal tricks to avoid paying compensation. Germany says it’s honored its…
Trailer: Russian WWII 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…
Always wanted a Spitfire? Buy one for $1,995,000!
Only yesterday we posted that you can buy a seldom B-25 model “H” for just $950,000 but boys wont be boys if they weren’t asking for something cooler, faster and better…
Film shines a light on Canada’s role in Second World War Italian campaign
Looking over the history of the Second World War, we’re drawn to certain high polish marks, like Normandy, that dominate our attention. Outshone in the chronicles is the less lustrously…
Youngest Iron Cross Recipients of the Reich
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.…
Weekly Korea Protests Keep Japanese WWII Atrocities Alive
Every week in Seoul protesters gather in front of the Japanese Embassy to demand an apology and reparations from Tokyo for the thousands of South Korean women who were forced…
Tragedy as WWII veteran, 91, dies at airport on his way to Washington for Honor Flight
Walter Smith was thrilled when he learned he had been chosen to travel on Saturday’s Stars and Stripes Honor Flight to Washington. The 91-year-old World War II veteran from Racine…
T-34-85 being pulled out of the Mud in Poland
UPDATED via our FORUM: Poligon in the Biedrusk belongs to centrum land forces training. Notice that this is only a tank crust. Probably in the 70/80 years the last century…
Josef Dietrich & Eva Braun at Berghof, Berchtesgaden
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…
Movie & Story of Lucien Bersot: Executed for refuse to wear bloodied pants
Lucien Bersot, executed because he refused to wear a bloodied pants. Lucien Jean Baptiste Bersot, born on 7 June 1881 at Authoison (Haute-Saône) and executed on 13 February 1915 at Fontenoy…
