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Upheaval, chaos and turmoil are all part of military history. It has been a privilege for me to write about men, machines and the fog of war in books, magazine articles and newspaper columns for 60 years — ever since my first paid contribution appeared in the November 1955 issue of Air Force magazine. But…

Listed are some of the new upcoming and soon to-be-released book titles related to the History of German Units, Armor and more.. They look promising and be sure to pre-order to save several dollars or euros. So definitely look out for these to add them to your library. Release dates may vary per continent, we’ve the…

Luc Vanrell is a diver, photographer and underwater explorer, credited with the discovery of famous author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s P-38 “Lightning”, which was shot down by a German fighter aircraft over the Mediterranean on 31 July 1944. The remains of the aircraft are located at a depth of 83 meters in the Bay of Marseille. Question: Tell us…

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 Kuroki, He has passed away at the age of 98. Ben Kuroki was born on May 16, 1917 in Hershey, Nebraska, USA and was married to Shige Kuroki….

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 clip. The crew seems to panic as the fighter engages them, and the captain at one point shouts “Okay, don’t shout all at once!”…

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 will focus on Huoshao Mountain in the Heliongjiang city of Mudanjiang, where 413 soldiers from the Soviet Union died fighting Japanese troops in August 1945,…

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 Bond lead an impressive ensemble cast in this new six-part drama for ITV. Home Fires follows a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire…

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 gas piston. It was manufactured primarily from complex sheet steel stampings, as a way to minimize the amount of high-quality and thus difficult to acquire…

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 producer Greg O’Connor of Solaris Entertainment. Successful video game producer/director Kris Renkewitz makes his feature film debut and will direct from his own screenplay. Principal…

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 teams tasked for important combat missions, these teams were hunters and gatherers sifting and searching through the wreckage and ruin of a devastated Germany. Theirs…