
March 1943, somewhere in occupied France, a German sentry stands outside a wear communications facility 80 yards from a hedgero. Unso operative lying in that…

June 1942, a German sentry stands watch outside an ammunition depot in occupied France. He’s not alone. Standing orders require two guards minimum at all…

It looked like a torch or maybe a piece of plumbing. 7 in of dark metal tubing with a steel ball on one end strapped…

1943. A featureless room at 84 Avenue Foch, Paris, SD headquarters. A captured British agent sits bound to a chair. His hands are cuffed, his…

1943, a secluded workshop on the Wilton Park estate in Buckinghamshire. A man the British military officially described as eccentric stood before a table covered…

1943 to 44, a Philadelphia workshop. Engineers from the RF Sedgley Company examined prototypes of their latest creation for the United States Navy. It looks…

June 1940. Britain stands alone. The army has just escaped Dunkirk, but they left everything behind. Tanks, artillery, machine guns, and critically anti-tank weapons. According…

August 1940. As invasion panic gripped Britain, a demonstration was arranged for Winston Churchill. The weapon on display looked like a medieval siege engine crossed…

1942, the Libyan desert. A British reconnaissance patrol spots German armor moving across the sand. In any other armored car, the crew’s only option would…

June 1932, Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield. British Ordinance officers unveiled their new standard sidearm to replace the legendary455 Webly revolver. The reaction was immediate.…





