Warfare in News

Posted on Thursday 16th February

Rare & Unseen Vehicle Art of The Second World War

Vehicle Art of World War Two by John Norris is the brand new release from Pen & Sword Books, complete with Tanks, Jeeps, Aircraft & more with art of every kind. Pin Up Girls, Cartoons, Slogans & Motto's. This book is definitely worth the read and to prove it, Pen & Sword have put together a trailer of images from the book to give you a small insight over on their YouTube channel.

The ‘nose art’ that decorated WW2 aircraft has received considerable attention but the images and slogans that decorated land vehicles has been less widely appreciated. This visually stunning book displays many fine examples (original or faithfully recreated) of the art that adorned the military vehicles of both Allied and Axis forces. Both official unit markings, such as divisional badges and unit emblems, as well as decidedly less official renderings of pin-up girls and cartoon characters… Read more...

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Completion of the Burma Railway

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The Burma Railway, also known as the Death Railway, is a 415 kilometres railway between Bangkok, Thailand, and Rangoon, Burma, built by the Empire of Japan during World War II, to support its forces in the Burma Campaign. Forced labour was used in its construction. About 180,000 Asian labourers and 60,000 Allied prisoners of war worked on the railway. On 17 October 1943, the two sections of the line met about 18 km south of the Three Pagodas Pass at Konkuita. Most of the POWs were then transported to Japan.

Warfare in News

Posted on Thursday 16th February

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