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Larger than life Bruce Crompton buys, fixes up and sells World War 2 military kit. Always on the pursuit of a profit, Bruce and his small army of experts travel the world in search of rare artefacts and objects they can restore and resell. From the battlefields of Australia to the Philippines to Finland, Bruce digs for military treasure and in turn unearths the fascinating and sometimes disturbing history of the global conflict that was WW2.With ‘money man' Hus by his side, Bruce haggles hard on every deal, buying wartime tanks, trucks, trailers and even toilet paper if he thinks he can sell it on! Bruce's farm in Sussex is the hub of the operation where the mechanical genius of twins Nick and Phil and ex-Para Freddy turn Bruce's rusty relics back into the military machines they were over 70 years ago.It's not just Bruce's passion for military memorabilia that drives them on – the team have a large client list on the hunt for that elusive find, including Hollywood royalty. Over the years, Bruce has supplied his specialist vehicles for film projects such as Saving Private Ryan, and more recently, the Brad Pitt movie, Fury.He's off in search of valuable wartime artefacts – from every war and every part of the world.
Bruce hits the Philippines with his sidekick Freddy, where they find remnants of Japanese occupation in WW2 in the form of a rusty artillery gun.
Bruce and Hus head to freezing Finland following a hot tip. Up near the Arctic Circle there's a kind of Winter Wonderland of World War Two vehicles and equipment.
Bruce has managed to flog an Aussie museum half million quid's worth of WW2 tank destroyer, but as the shipping deadline approaches, the destroyer still needs a barrel.
Bruce embarks on a huge project: to restore and rebuild a German Panther tank. But to pay for it, he has to do up and part with a couple of his beloved WW2 'halftracks'.
Bruce blows up a van with WW2 rifle grenades and the twins ride the Redball Express. Bruce also tracks down an iconic 'Deuce-and-a-half' American army truck.
Bruce's mate Kevin spends 5 million pounds on the last remaining German torpedo boat, and Bruce buys and sells his way from Plymouth to Illinois using various German hardware.
Bruce spends a staggering £40,000 on a single WW2 army uniform, as he hunts paratrooper gear dear to his heart, and Hus almost throws up doing loops in a Mustang.
Bruce finds a very special relic from WW2 - Glen Miller's army uniform- but in order to pay for it, he's doing up a wartime German tank engine that could sell big.
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