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…
T-34-85 being pulled out of the Mud in Poland
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 was used as a…
Rare WWII German Enigma machine sold for £149,000
A rare German World War II Enigma encryption machine has been sold at Sotheby’s for a total amount of £149,000 (ca. $232,000), doubling the estimated price of £50,000 – £70,000. The auctioned Enigma was produced by Heimsoeth…
World War II Sicilian Campaign Online Interactive Released
During the Sicilian Campaign of World War II, Allied forces conquered the island, which dominates the Mediterranean Sea, in a matter of weeks. This secured vital shipping lanes, provided bases,…
931st ARG mourns loss of WWII Veteran and Friend
The 931st Air Refueling Group mourns the loss of a true patriot and friend, Mr. Adrian Marlin, who passed away earlier this week. Marlin enlisted in the Army Air Corps…
Voices of First World War – First Day of the Somme
http://www.argunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Podcast-23_-The-First-Day-Of-The-Somme.mp3 And there wasn’t one of us in our battalion that ever got to the German lines. You couldn’t! It was absolutely impossible… The Battle of the Somme is one…
Haunting images of Plane Wrecks rotting away
Nestled in one man’s back garden, in Newbury/ Ohio, is this collection of more than 30 military jets – salvaged by Walter Soplata over a 50-year period. He bought the planes amid…
TRAILER: Dad's Army (2016)
Dad’s Army is an upcoming 2016 British war comedy film, based on the BBC television sitcom Dad’s Army: It is 1944 and World War II is reaching its climax. The…
Nippo Maru Wreck – Imperial Japanese Navy
Hit and sunk by three 500 pound bombs in its stern, the Nippo Maru was a 106m (350ft) transport ship mostly carrying water. Originally a passenger and cargo freighter, she was…
Voices of First World War – Life in the Trenches
http://www.argunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Podcast-20_-Trench-Life.mp3 That bloody great thing’d come up there and stand up on its back legs and gnaw something like that, you know. I used to line the sights up and…
1Lt. Clayton A. Nattier, B-17G Pilot veteran, receives medals
A bomber pilot held as a prisoner of war during World War II visited the Air Reserve Personnel Center to receive his POW Medal among various other medals, then took…
USAAF images of B-24, A-26 & A-20 in England during WWII
Argunners Magazine is fortunate enough to feature its readers with some beautiful images from the United States Army Air Force, taken in England during WWII. Most of the photographs depict…
Remains of WWII P-47D Pilot Edward F. Barker Found
The Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced on June 23, 2015 that a U.S. serviceman, missing from World War II, has been identified and is being returned to…
San Francisco Maru Wreck in Truk Lagoon
One of the deeper wrecks in the lagoon sitting upright from 45 to 63m (145-205ft), it is unique as there is not much growth due to its depth. It is also…
A Falkirk soldier’s adventures on the front line in WW1
Towards the end of last year The Falkirk Herald included a number of articles about the outbreak of the Great War – some were harrowing stories about local men who…
Secret of World War II: B-17 Lady Jeannette
A series of articles, laying out the true events behind the creation of: “The Best Kept Secret Of World War Two!” In December, 1945, when it became known that General Patton…
WATCH: Fallschirmjager FG42 Rifle
The German Fallschirmjäger FG42 rifle was a very impressive design, managing to meet a very strict set of performance criteria. The first production model in particular was exceptionally light and…
Missing SB2C Helldiver since WWII Discovered
A United States Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft lost in World War II and missing for over 70 years was recently found resting in the tropical waters of the Republic…
Wall to mark Lord Kitchener WWI deaths to be built
A COMMEMORATIVE wall is to be built in memory of over 700 men who died when their warship, carrying Lord Kitchener on a secret mission, was sunk off Orkney during…
New Images of HMAS Syndey II confirm fate killing 645
An expedition to survey the historic World War II shipwrecks of HMAS Sydney II and the German raider HSK Kormoran has produced new high resolution images and a video from the…
The British Midget Submarine Attack on Battleship Tirpitz
“My first thought that she was so pretty, it seemed an awful shame to have to blow her (Battleship Tirpitz) up.” — John Lorimer, sub-lieutenant, X-6 mini-submarine By the summer of 1943,…
