This seems to be a largely untold story
A behind the scenes narrative that the Oppenheimer movie did not reveal.
Compassionate camaraderie between enemy pilots during ww2
Lesser known facts about WW2
I believe this is a blog containing many interesting little stories that you have probably never heard of before.
34 interesting facts about WW2
The reality of the 1982 Falkland’s war as seen through the eyes of a British soldier
This soldier took rare photographs during his posting in the Falklands conflict. Some have never been published before.
Story and images relating thereto here. I think you will find some images from this BBC story are interesting and thought provoking.
A great story about Henry the VIII’s ship, the Mary Rose
This story is about a sophisticated scientific analysis carried out on the remains of this famous ship’s crew. The biographies of eight crew found among the remains of the Tudor warship Mary Rose have been revealed using the latest archaeological methods.
If you would like to read the multi-isotope analysis of the crew members you can read it here.
If you know nothing about the Mary Rose this introduction might interest you.
This video is about the restoration process of the Mary Rose.
A survivor of the famous World War two German warship Bismarck tells us all [2]
The Bismarck was one of two of the largest and most powerful battleships that the Germans built. Its sister ship the Tirpitz and the Bismarck could have jointly determined the fate of the European theatre of World War two. The might have closed all sea lanes feeding the British war effort.
If you are a World War two military historian I feel that you could become engrossed by the contents of this linked article I have copied and pasted for your benefit. I have copied and pasted it this way in case the original story is removed from being online. I feel the story is far to valuable to do otherwise.
This article is an extract from a book written by the most senior survivor of the Bismarck Burkard Baron von Mullenheim-Rechberg. The author presets us with an intimate blow by blow account of the Bismarck’s encounter with the British navy far west of France in the Atlantic ocean on 27th May 1941 and its final demise.
If you do not know much about this significant event in World War two maritime history you may see these two additional links of some value too:
The great WW2 German prisoner of war escape tunnel site revisited
If you have never heard about this fascinating story of war time audacity, bravery and heroism I urge you to read on.
On March 24th 1944 seventy six prisoners of war escaped from a heavily fortified German prisoners of war camp. The camp was designed to be escape proof. Hitler was furious. Unfortunately for the escapees things did not go to plan because of a survey error that meant that the exit point of the primary tunnel of three fell just short of the thick woods where it was planned to be. Three escapees made it back to England, twenty six were captured and locked up again and the remainder were executed under Hitlers orders. The tunnel names were Tom, Dick and Harry. Harry was 102 meters long. Click here if you have never heard about this history making story. This copy is taken from the original professionally posted article as cited at the end of the text.
Hermann Goering’s war train
Herman Goering was amongst the top ten of Nazi Germany’s ruling elites. He was a first class fighter pilot in WW1 and commanded the German air force (Luftwaffe) during WW2. It was not unusual for German leaders to have their own luxury trains. Hitler had one too. Goering set up a sophisticated command center on his train and it was used for accommodation purposes too. There is some rare Goering’s train footage in this video.. If you enjoy reading and viewing unusual stories relating to war history I think you will enjoy the information contained within the various links of this blog.
Top Nazi leader’s Mercedes car found ruined in old derelict barn
An almost unbelievable story of how a car that once belonged to one of Germany’s top Nazi leaders [Reinhard Heydrich] was discovered forgotten and forlorn in a barn in Denmark, and the fascinating story of its owner and his violent demise.
The car is a 1938 type B model 320 Mercedes of which only 34 were made. See its postwar history in this video.
If you like unusual World War Two stories such as this you may also enjoy these two vehicle related links are compelling viewing as well.
Link one: The Mystery of Hitler’s Missing Mercedes
Link two: The Blue Goose – Hermann Göring’s Mercedes