World War Two

The Battle of Taranto : When Biplanes Crippled a Fleet

When Biplanes Crippled a Fleet The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11–12 November 1940 during the[…]

Weirdest Ally Weapons The weapons experts of World War II knew no bounds in their efforts to overcome the enemy,[…]

The Assault on Eben Emael German glider infantrymen dash across open space during the Eben-Emael attack on May 10, 1940.[…]

Victory At Stalingrad 2 February, 1943: The Battle of Stalingrad is over. 4 minutes of assessment and statistics. Credit[…]

Fall Blau The last gasp of victory for the Axis in WW2, Fall Blau is a disaster for German Blitzkrieg[…]

First Successful British Parachute Raid German radar technology is needed. John Frost lands his paras at Bruneval to steal it.[…]

Rogue Attack 1943 His father was murdered by the Gestapo, so once he became an RAF pilot Belgian Baron de[…]

The Mystery of Flight 777 In June 1943, Winston Churchill travelled back to Britain from North Africa. An airliner he[…]

German Food Crisis Joseph Goebbels’s diary entries give an interesting account of the food crisis going on in Germany during[…]

Omaha Beach, D-Day The unknown story of the British unit that joined the Americans in storming Omaha Beach on D-Day,[…]