Historical Events
Still One Piece: B-17 The All American – February 1,1943
A Messerschmitt pilot, blazing with his guns, aimed his plane at the nose of the All American. The crew on the B-17 Flying Fortress had seconds to respond. […]
History
Planes
AFV
Jeep Willys
Jeeps served as indefatigable pack horses for troop transport and towing supply trailers, carrying water, fuel, and ammunition, and pulling through the most difficult terrain. […]
AFV
BMW R12 Medium-class Motorcycle
During the war, such fast vehicles proved ever-critical to the speed required in Hitler’s blitzkriegs of European countries. When the German army needed motorcycles, BMW was chosen to supply them. They produced R12. […]
History
Zeros to Heros
The Japanese would never have attacked Pearl Harbor if they hadn’t had the Zero. […]
Historical Portraits
Saburo Sakai: A Samurai on a plane
Saburo Sakai is probably Japan’s best-known pilot of World War II, with the possible exception of Captain Mitsuo Fuchida of Pearl Harbor infamy. In a seven-year combat carrier, he credited with at least 28 aerials victories and shooting down or severly damaging well over 60 Allied aircraft, despite later in the war flying a plane that was vastly inferior to his opponents’ planes. […]
Planes
MITSUBISHI A6M3 ZERO FIGHTER (HAMP)
Much has been written over the years about the Japanese Zero Fighter Aircrafts. Much was based upon hearsay and legend and little upon fact itself. […]
Historical Events
Franz Stigler & Charlie Brown Incident – December 20,1943
From Enemies to Friendship December 20, 1943 A few days before Christmas and snowlakes spattered the windshield of “Ye Olde Pub”. An American B-17 bomber, […]
Historical Portraits
Simo Häyhä
Nicknamed ‘The White Death’
705 confirmed kills (505 with rifle, 200 with submachine gun)
Was a Finnish soldier who, using an iron sighted bolt action rifle, amassed the highest recorded confirmed kills as a sniper in any war…ever!! […]
AFV
First Tank at War: Mark I
On the morning of September 15, 1916, the British brought their weapons to Somme to change the war history forever. […]