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KAL-007 – The Boeing 747 Shot Down By Soviet Fighters Over International Waters

Excerpt provided by Randy Luethye, author of the newly released 2nd Edition of “The Cold War, KAL-007 & Communism: Intelligence Secrets Revealed.” It was the…

Upcoming War Movies this 2016 for the War Movie Enthusiasts!

Here’s our list of upcoming war movies this 2016 . . . our way of giving war movie enthusiasts a know-how of what to expect…

Valentine’s day sale of Napoleon’s marriage contract

Napolean Bonaparte was born in Corsica – at that time ruled by the French – in 1769. Napoleon’s parents were comfortably off, but by no…

Spitfire inspires next generation of British aviators on its 80th Birthday

March 5th 2016 marks the 80th anniversary of the first flight of the Spitfire. Southampton Airport, where the prototype first took to the skies in…

P-51 Mustang – Seventy-five Years of America’s Most Famous Warbird – Review by Mark Barnes

If you are looking for a book to put a smile on your face, look no further than this colourful history presented by Cory Graff.…

Japanese Soldiers Cannibalised US Airmen On Chichi Jima, WWII

The Japanese island of Chichi Jima lies in the Pacific Ocean, about 150 miles north of Iwo Jima. At 24 square kilometres, it is the…

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…

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.…

15 Unbelievable Pictures From P-38 Glacier Girl You’ve Never Seen Before

On 15 July 1942, poor weather and limited visibility forced six P-38 fighters and two B-17 bombers to return to Greenland while they were en…

Hermann Goering’s Brother Righteous Among the Nations?

The accolade ‘Righteous among the Nations’ is awarded by the State and people of Israel to non-Jewish individuals who risked their lives to rescue Jews…

Holocaust Survivor WWII Letters Sheds Light On Divisive Jewish Councils

Mirjam Levie was born in Amsterdam in 1917. In 1938, she was still living in Amsterdam and had become engaged to Leo Bolle. He left…

‘My own decisions’ Veteran served as Navy corpsman while assigned to Marine Corps in Japan

Enlisting in the Navy in 1951, California, Mo., resident Richard Schroeder went on to become a Navy corpsman attached to the United States Marine Corps…