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Miss Montana is Flying to Normandy for D-Day Thanks to Phillips 66

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“Phillips 66 contributed many significant advancements during the war, including a high-octane fuel to increase power and efficiency for long-range flight,” In celebration of the…

RAF Pilot Flew Through The Gap In London’s Tower Bridge at 400mph

Jay Hemmings

April 5, 1968, was a day like any other for commuters in Central London; the sky was clear for a change, and spring was in…

Flame Fougasse The Highly Effective Anti-Tank & Anti-Everything Device

Jay Hemmings

During the early stages of the Second World War, it began to look more and more likely that the Germans would stage a full-on invasion…

Everyday Slang That Originated In the Trenches of World War I

Canadian soldiers going over the top of a trench

The English language is constantly evolving, with new words being added all the time. This isn’t a new phenomenon, with terms and expressions from across…

Propaganda Of The American Civil War – Started Years Before The Outbreak

While it is commonly thought that the First World War was the first war in which war propaganda was widespread, propaganda goes back earlier than…

The mysterious disappearance of a USAF C-54

Steve MacGregor

One of the largest ever instances of the disappearance of US military personnel happened not during wartime but in 1950 when a US Air Force…

Fantastic News: RAF Seaplane Tender & Rescue Boat Renovated by Two Unlikely Partners

Ian Harvey

Richard Kay and Baron Dibble are good friends and partners in the restoration of a Second World War sea rescue boat. Kay was injured while…

Napoleon’s Throne Sells for More Than Half-a-Million Dollars

Ian Harvey

Along with the thrones, Napoleon ordered side-chairs and folding stools for his entourage. The story of Napoleon Bonaparte, his rise and eventual fall, are the…

Memorial for Retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole: The Last of the Doolittle Raiders.

Ian Harvey

In April 2019 the last link to the fabled Doolittle Raiders from WWII was severed with the death of Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Dick Cole, who…

The Wall Street Putsch: Did Fascist Bankers try to Overthrow Franklin Roosevelt?

Billy Moncure

Butler, a Marine Corps veteran and two-time Medal of Honor recipient, was the most decorated veteran in United States history, and had no obvious reason…

The Successful Unionist Rebellion in the Heart of Dixie

It is difficult to pin many killings directly to Knight and his men, but numerous tax collectors, conscription officers, and Confederate government supporters were killed…

Repairs at Sea: Floating Dry-Docks of World War II

With few other ports offering facilities able to cope with such massive vessels, the American Navy got creative in its solutions. When the United States…