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RAF Bomber Command – Life of Legacy and Controversy for the Veterans

  Bomber Command lead by Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur Harris had a very clear Motto ‘Strike Hard Strike Sure’, the idea was to strategically…

How One of the World’s Biggest WWII Aircraft Collections Went On Sale

A Texas collector was the owner of one of the biggest World War Two aircraft collections. This was little known since it had been a…

Top 5 Most Feared Israeli Weapons

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The Israeli Army’s ground troops were established out of the Zionist paramilitary group, Haganah, which was created in the 1920s to protect the local Jewish…

Medal of Honor Recipient And 36 Others Marines’ Remains Found After 70 Years

The remains of 36 World War Two US Marines have been uncovered on the Pacific island of Kiribati. The bodies of the soldiers have been…

Bergen-Belsen liberator launches memoir as part of Holocaust National Memorial

A World War Two veteran who took part in the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp has published his own memoirs to ensure the story…

BBC Reporter Killed While Reporting A Bombing Raid Over Berlin Remembered

The daughter of a BBC reporter who was killed in action during World War Two is now looking back and remembering her father. Michele Byam’s…

World War Two P-47 ‘Dottie Mae’ near to full restoration

A World War Two P-47 aircraft called ‘Dottie Mae’ is being lovingly restored after a fatal crash in the last days of the war. The…

The Battle for Texel – The Last European Battle of World War Two

Texel, a small West Friesian Island off the coast of the Netherlands, was occupied by the Nazis during World War Two, but didn’t see action…

‘The Man Who Saved the World’ – The Russian Who Avoided WWIII

The notion that one man alone could somehow avert a universal catastrophe or could potentially save the world has lost its age-old value with the…

10 Things You May Not Know About the American Civil War

The American Civil War was fought from April 12th, 1861 to May 9th, 1865 between the Confederate States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina,…

The Dig For The Nazi Gold Train Is ON – First Images Of The Hunt (But No Train Found – Yet!)

Editors note: These are the Gold Train updates up to March 2016 In December 2015, the press conference denounced the claims of a Nazi Gold…

Spitfire Forced To Land on Belly After Landing Gear Fails (With Video)

This is the nail-biting moment when a pilot was forced to carry out an emergency landing of his 80% replica Spitfire – without the use…