The Sturmtiger stands out as one of the most unusual and powerful vehicles of WWII. Armed with a massive 38 cm ...

As part of World War II’s strategy to liberate Italy from the Nazis, the Allies sent an invasion force of 36,000 troops with naval and air support to land behind German lines at Anzio and to cut ...

Fearless WW2 veteran who cheated death twice in one day when he survived a mortar bomb and German sniper before escaping from a prisoner of war camp with Queen Camilla's father dies aged 102.

MERRILL - Maybe losing the arm saved his life. Ralph Wehlitz can't exactly remember which day shrapnel from a German mortar shell shredded his left hand and lower arm. It was around Jan. 18, 1944, he ...

Bid to protect WW2 mortar site found in hedgerow. 21 June 2024. Share Save. Ellie Brown. ... were built in the early 1940s to defend the country in the event of German invasion.