The Kamikaze Pilot Who Took His Wife On His Last Flight
Even though World War Two had come to an end, the story of a Japanese couple who met their death in a deliberate kamikaze suicide…
Discarded Shoes Belonging to Nazi Concentration Prisoners Found near Former Camp
In a forgotten part of the forest near the once-dreaded Stutthof Nazi concentration camp are scattered hundreds of pairs of discarded shoes, some of them…
Furor over Nazi Banner Used in Documentary
Outrage and chaos consumed the streets of Nice, France over the weekend as an enormous Nazi banner was unveiled on the side of a government…
An Oklahoma 101st Airborne Airborne Veteran Remembers Bastogne
Veteran James Ahrend was a combat engineer with the 101st Airborne Division. Several years ago he went to Washington, D.C. to see the National World…
Armored Personnel Carrier Converted Into Funeral Hearse For Veterans
Military veterans are being given a new option to travel to their final resting place. Military enthusiast, Nick Mead, has spent half a year on…
Scottish Pilot’s Missing Body Might Still Be In Lancaster Wreck In The Netherlands
On the night of the 12th of June in 1943, 503 aircraft from RAF bomber Command carried out a raid on the German city of…
Strange Cluster of Ruined Buildings Was to Be Hitler’s Californian Base
Set in the hills on the outskirts of Los Angeles, in a quiet valley in the Will Rogers Historic Park, is the unlikeliest of sights.…
Out of fuel: Pilot Landed on a Container Ship – The Ship Claimed the Plane Under Salvage Rights (Watch)
An unusual incident involving a container ship and an aircraft from a nearby aircraft carrier occurred in June 1983, when NATO countries were staging an…
After 335 Years Of War Between the Netherlands & the Tiny Isles of Scilly: No Casualties!
The south-western extremity of Great Britain juts out into the Atlantic Ocean’s warm Gulf Stream waters. Some 30 miles out to sea, to the west…
Retirement of the Vulcan Nuclear Bomber
The nuclear warplane Vulcan was spotted by thousands on its farewell flight as it flew low over Northumberland, North Yorskhire, Tyneaide and several other counties…
Knitting in Wartime – In 1941 Life Magazine Urged Women To Knit a Million Sweaters To Send To American Troops
The history of modern warfare contains many references to the fact that civilians – more particularly women – have traditionally knitted woolen articles to send…
Town Council Votes on Controversial WWI Monument – “Separate but equal is not considered honorable,”
The Florence, South Carolina city council meeting was forced into a tense, emotional and deeply personal discussion over plans to move a controversial World War…