"He went running up the street with a Bren gun and he was riddled by this number 88 that tore him off the ground and that was in my memory." He said his tank and crew were pinned down by the enemy ...

Following on from his account of the 3rd Mons experiences in the Great War, local author Douglas McArthur turns his attention ...

Following on from his account of the 3rd Mons experiences in the Great War, local author Douglas McArthur turns his attention ...

The Nazi scientists acknowledged that the project was beyond their conceivable reach for the sake of the war—speculating that ...

Barrage balloons were used by many countries in WW2, including Britain and the U.S., and played a vital role in the Normandy ...

As the war in Western Europe began reaching its inevitable conclusion, German efforts to expedite arms production led to some ...

During the Battle of Iwo Jima, United States Marine Tony Stein carried with him one of the most unusual nonstandard weapons of World War II. With an empty weight of 21-pounds and fed with 11-pound 100 ...

I organised four Bren guns in concealed positions to cover this party and to fire that night to cause a diversion when the Airborne were due to pull out. Brigade ordered an Officer patrol to go ...

Part of his citation reads ‘He ordered his men to scatter and himself charged the post with a Bren gun and silenced it. He then led the remnants of his company back to battalion headquarters.’ ...