Another good blog post from Don Christensen about B-17's, Carrying Fire: Battle Stations B17 Flying Fortress : 44 minutes long and a g...

On this day in 1945, Hitler committed suicide with his wife, Eva Braun. The end of war in Europe was not far away. Did Hitler die? There i...

The Eagle Has Landed - one of the best books I have ever read. It is about an assassination  plot masterminded by Heinrich Himmler. The ...

We are always told how great the Supermarine Spitfire was in the Second World War, how Adolf Galland told Goering that he wanted a squadron ...

A plan approved by the War cabinet to send 1000 Canadian troops from Britain to capture forts at Trondheim was postponed for six days after ...

General Carton de Wiart, found at: http://badassoftheweek.com/images/30045813384/wiart1.jpg On April 15th 1940 The codebreaking team a...

Norwegian Campaign Map April may 1940, found at:https://historicalresources.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/norway.jpg On April 14th 1940 ...

HMS Warspite, found at:http://ww2today.com/the-second-battle-of-narvik On April 13th 1940 The Royal Navy with 9 destroyers screening t...

Gun position at Hegra Fortress, found at:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Hegra_Fortress_gun_position.jpg/300px-H...

On 11th April 1940, German forces advanced so to link up from Oslo to Trondheim. The German ship Lutzow was badly damaged by the British s...