Ginger Lacey, RAF Battle Of Britain Ace Unfortunately, during World War 2, there was much snobbery in the armed forces. NCO pilots did...

Hawker Hurricane Mk2, found at: http://img1.jetphotos.net:8080/img/2/2/6/5/67264_1280949562.jpg The Hawker Hurricane was the most numer...

A day of shame in French history. France signed an unconditional surrender with Italy & Germany on June 22nd 1940. Not only did France ...

I love What If? scenarios, particularly different takes on The Second World War, could Germany have invaded Britain? The book, And All The...

The Bren Gun. A very popular infantry support weapon, it was widely used by British & Commonwealth troops from the 1930's until 1992...

This is an excellent documentary on daylight bombing in Europe during #WW2 by USAAF B 24 Liberators and B 17 Flying Fortresses.

This is a really good documentary about the real Memphis Belle, a welcome change from Hollywood Fiction. They were the first USAAF crew to ...

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 ...