First African-American Hispanic Airman in World War II Finally Recognized
Many men fought and gave their lives in World War II. However, it’s not widely known that one particular pilot in the American military was…
Johnny Horton: American War Balladeer Taught History Through Music
Johnny Horton, known also as “The Singing Fisherman”, led a life as adventurous and interesting as his storied songs. He grew up in Texas and…
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer – The Night Fighter Ace Who Shot Down 7 Lancaster Bombers In 19 Minutes
Once you know the story of Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, it’s pretty hard to forget. Schnaufer was an incredibly skilled pilot. He was arguably one of the…
For Sale: The Car That Nobody Wants; Reichführer SS Heinrich Himmler’s Car
For a while now, Himmler’s has been on the market for a whopping €500.000, it is in pristine condition and a real looker but it…
Watch: Crazy Emergency Braking With A Leopard Tank In The Netherlands
Finally a change from the standard team building exercises, nobody will fall backward and trust to other team members will catch them in this video!…
Images of War series – Review by Mark Barnes
Here are two very nice books in the Images of War range by Michael Green. I have been sitting on these two a bit too…
Royal Navy Destroys Huge World War Two Mine In Solent
During World War II, the U-boat fleet, which dominated much of the battle of the Atlantic, was small at the beginning of the war and…
The WWI Soldier Who Did Not Give Up: Lost Two Brothers In Combat And Sister In A Zeppelin Raid, Left For Dead But Survived
Robert Collie not only survived the Somme where the Allies lost 57.000 men the first day and fought at Ypres salient in World War One.…
New Orleans Annual Airshow Has Veterans Return To Their WWII Planes
New Orleans has made a program change in its annual airshow put on by the National World War II Museum and the Commemorative Air Force.…
A Fortunate Son: An Industrialist Father, Infamous Nazi Goebbels As Step-Father, and a Billion-Dollar Legacy
Luftwaffe Lieutenant Harald Quandt was fortunate to be in a British prisoner of war camp in the Libyan port city of Benghazi at the end…
The U-2 Spy Plane & SR-71 Blackbird – All The Things You Are Not Supposed To Know!
The Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ are two planes of which there is not a lot known about them. Here we will learn some facts…
World’s Biggest Sunken Treasure Found: San José, Located off Colombian Coast
The President of Colombia has announced that the ancient 18th-century 60 Gun Spanish galleon, the San José, has been discovered after having sunk more than…