This WWII Shipping Disaster Was Deadlier Than Titanic And Lusitania Combined
The Titanic was one of the greatest maritime tragedies and the sinking of the Lusitania was a wartime catastrophe. Both events, while disastrous, lost far…
WW2: Accidental Detonation of 4,000 Tons of Explosives In England Killed 70 and Scarred the Land Forever
On November 27th, 1944, seismologists in Switzerland at first thought it was an earthquake, hardly guessing the seismograph recorded the effects of a massive explosion…
Navy Taking Back its Relics From North Jersey Naval Museum
About 100 antiques on loan from the Navy are being demanded back from the New Jersey Naval Museum in Hackensack N.J. to prevent further decay…
The First World War As A Backdrop In New Game: Battlefield 1
Electronic Arts and DICE on Oct. 21 released the big production Battlefield 1, the most ambitious since the series appeared in 2002. Battlefield 1 exposes…
German WWII Submarine Wreck Is Leaking Mercury Into Ocean
German U-boat U-864 sunk off the coast of Fedje, a Norwegian island, during World War II. The submarine was carrying 67 tons of mercury. When…
MIA For Over 70 Years: American World War II Pilot Received Full Military Honors at Burial
The remains of a missing Second World War U.S. serviceman following identification were given full military honors after being returned to his family for internment,…
Douglas C-47 Rescued From Siberia in Salvage Operation (Watch)
The Russian Geographical Society is now the proud owner of a 70-year-old Douglas C-47 aircraft, a workhorse of the Second World War. The plane was…
Pentagon Department Offers Clues About the Contents of Classified Film Archive
The Defense Media Activity holds at least 1,000 “classified historical films”. Defense Media Activity is a part of the Pentagon that facilitates and maintains public…
The History of the Cushman – Making Motor Scooters For The Military In WW2
When the US joined World War II, Nebraska towns began looking for military contracts, sponsoring bond drives and recycling and scrap drives as they looked…
Iowa Family Finds Wreckage Of Father’s P-47 Bomber In Italy
Lt. Loren Hintz was on his 64th mission on April 21, 1945. He was the last of twelve planes bombing buildings that housed German troops…
WWII Veteran Gets Purple Heart 72 Years After Injury
Junior Howell, 91, was wounded 72 years ago on September 21, 1944, while fighting the Japanese on Peleliu Island in one of the Pacific Theater…
Facebook Instrumental In Returning WW1 Dogtag To The Family
A few weeks ago a man walked into the Randolph, Massachusetts’s police station, said Officer Kevin Aldred. He told police that he wanted to return…