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The Gun: US Airforce Reveals Everything About The Legendary A-10 Thunderbolt II

Video Feature on the A-10 Thunderbolt II Aircraft with a focus on its primary weapon system, the GAU-8 Avenger. In the early 1970s, the A-10…

56 Movie Mistakes: The Longest Day

The Longest Day, which was made in black and white, features a large ensemble cast including John Wayne, Kenneth More,Richard Todd, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton,…

Great send-off for WWII veteran

Stewart Cooney was born in Dundee, in 1921 and after leaving the school, he trained as a jute weaver before war broke out. He, along…

The Battle of Crete Was The Reason Hitler Abandoned Parachute Assaults For Good

Crete might be an idyllic tourist island now, but during a 12-day period in May 1941 a mixed force of British, Australian, New Zealand and…

Treasure Hunters Found Some WWII Tubes In A Forest, They Contained The Most Amazing Things!

Hunting for hidden treasure has long been a romantic and adventurous activity in our history. The Gold Rush spurred a huge migration across the US,…

Awesome Video – The Making Of The Epic Vietnam War Movie “We Were Soldiers”

In 2002 a film called We were Soldiers was released. The film depicts The Battle of Ia Drang, which was part of the Vietnam War…

History and Heritage at Shuttleworth Edwardian Pageant

Mark Barnes

Having has such a good time at the recent Military Pageant at Old Warden, we were pleased our friends at the Shuttleworth Collection got in…

WWII Survivor of the USS Corry Sinking Passes Away at 95

Grant “Gully” Gullickson, the 95-year-old World War II veteran who was featured in The Virginian-Pilot series The Lucky Few, died in Virginia Beach in June.…

Piers Morgan Offers to Replace WWII Veteran’s Stolen Medals

A 91-year old World War II veteran, who wishes to remain anonymous, left his six medals, including France’s highest honor, the Legion d’Honneur, on the…

Statue commemorating ‘Comfort Women’ causes a spat between Korean and Japanese communities.

The issue of the enforced prostitution of Korean, Chinese, Dutch and Australian women by the Japanese during WWII has once again caused a war of…

10 Most Evil Nazis (Watch)

The Holocaust, murdering of millions of civilians and prisoners of war, the attempted annihilation of the Jewish face from Europe the forced eviction of millions of…

5 Lesser Known Concentration Camps From The Holocaust

The extensive list of active concentration camps used by the Nazis in World War Two would be too long to write. The major camp names…