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One Of These Serviceman Will Be Awarded The First US Air Force Medal of Honor Since The Vietnam War

The US’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, has not been awarded to a member of the US Air Force since the Vietnam War.…

The Worst Nightmare of the US Navy, Huge Russian Navy Kirov-Class Battlecruisers

The United States Navy is the biggest and most powerful in the world. It has 430 ships in active service or in reserve. So you…

Eldest of the Wartime Favourites the Beverley Sisters dies

The eldest sister of the famous British female singing trio, the Beverley Sisters, has died aged 91. Joy Beverley was born in 1924 and then…

World War Two Popski’s Private Army Veteran Dies Aged 93

A World War Two reconnaissance veteran who survived the Italian front with Popski’s Private Army has died aged 93. Major John Campbell was honoured with…

The Last Russian Battlefield of WWII – Remains of Russian and Japanese Soldiers Found on Shumshu Island

After Pearl Harbor, the United States came face to face with the reality of the war and an enemy that almost everyone in the Government…

WATCH: David Fletcher’s Tank Chats #3 Medium Tank MkII*

Tank Chats

The third in a series of short films about some of the vehicles in our collection presented by The Tank Museum’s historian David Fletcher MBE.…

The Wreck of Last Airborne Aircraft Carrier Located off California

The US Navy once had airborne aircraft carrier within its fleet and the last one which crashed in 1935 has been located at the bottom…

In 1943 a British pilot made an emergency landing on the Italian island of Lampedusa, only to have it surrender to him

The official story is that in June 1943, as a precursor to the Allied invasion of Sicily, the island was secured without resistance by the Royal…

The Mystery of Hitler’s ‘Werewolf Bunker’

Hitler’s ambitious campaign of dominating the European continent gave us the horrors of the death camps and a deadly World War; it also left us…

96 year old veteran gets the chance to fly

A 96 year old war World War Two veteran from Birmingham in the north of England is being allowed to pilot a plane as part…

Soviet Maps of the Cold War

For decades two super powers of the world locked their horns in a seemingly idiotic and potentially catastrophic tussle, and kept the civilized world on…

Japan Launches Second Izumo-class Helicopter Carrier

Izumo-class

[Via] The Japanese military has launched a new helicopter destroyer to add to its naval fleet. The ship is the second Izumo-class helicopter carrier. The ship…