War Story Lover Gifts

The Flying Corps finally get to grips with Zepplins.

"Yes everyone was so friendly during the war...except for some reason the Germans"

"This is your great-uncle Rudy. In World War II, he fought with the Army, the Navy and the Marines."

Warrior Woman

"I guess I was a good shot, because I took down 50 Nazis...all by myself. That's how I got my silver star. Honestly, I don't consider myself a hero. I consider myself lucky."

Thank you to those who never came home and to those who never left their side.

'Who said the Germans don't have a sense of humour? Just look at that card Hans Greber and we have haven't been shot at all day.'

"I had a great weekend... My Grandpa talked about the war again and my Dad about his most daring facebook comments!"

'Ignore them, Charlie. They're nothing but philistines. I liked your poetry, truly I did!'

'Does my bum look big in this?'

Uncle Mort, you fought in Korea, right? You think that war will start up again? Not if I can help it. It was the morning of July 27, nineteen hundred and fifty-three. I was pinned down on Pork Chop Hill. My bazooka had run out of ammo. All I could find to load into it was a stuffed panda bear. I loaded it and fired that bear into the maw of the enemy. It struck one of them atop the noggin. Moments later, the armistice was signed. Every July 27th, I awaken at dawn and chuck that same panda at the

"Did you call for a Medic?"

Eye Off the Ball

Harry Chauvel & T. E. Lawrence

'Oh, just my old war injury acting up.'

Defence Cuts: 'This is getting serious Sergeant, bring up the re-enforcements!'

"Henry took a shower yesterday right next to Winthrop Rockefeller."

European Arms Proliferation - 1860's

Left Behind

War and Peace GIF

"… and once you've finished advanced infantry training, you'll be assigned to film school."

'Literary agency' "About your idea for a book on NATO's role in Kosovo? Russian author got there first"

"Most of the time, war...it makes no sense. A lot of times, we'd hear artillery whistling over our heads. But really, you can't move. You just wait...and wait...until it hits...and hope it isn't hitting you."

'They want the medals back. Apparently, you used a Vicks inhaler before going over the top in 1916.'

The origin of 'Rorke's drift' has long been a subject of intense speculation.

'Honey, please don't ask Grandaddy about the war.'

"The Balkans. This is where I came in."

Kamakasi pilot instructor

'Breaker Morant would have been proved innocent if he hadn't shot the people needed for his defence.'

A cavalier gentleman.

'At least never knowing who's a friendly should prepare me for a career in business.'

"I might be able to offer you a test drive."

The first recorded incident in the use of biological agents as weapons occurred in the 14th century, when an army besieging Kaffa, catapulted a mad cow over the city walls.

Lawrence of Arabia

'Honey, this is my Uncle Duggie . . . he lost most of his DNA during the war.'