KAL-007 – The Boeing 747 Shot Down By Soviet Fighters Over International Waters
Excerpt provided by Randy Luethye, author of the newly released 2nd Edition of “The Cold War, KAL-007 & Communism: Intelligence Secrets Revealed.” It was the…
WWII Commercial: Shave Like a Man
In 2013, a shaving brand that was born in 1919 joined the parade of products trying to define what it means to be a real man…
Blasted 3 German Balloons and 2 Fighters, Crash Landed, Got Out With Automatic Pistol Then Shot as Many Germans Before Dying
In only nine days of flying in World War I combat, just ten missions and thirty hours of time in a Spad XIII aircraft, Lieutenant…
Mutual Assured Destruction – 10 Blood Chilling Things You Need To Know
As a doctrine of national security and military strategy, Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) involves the full-scale usage of weapons of mass destruction by at least two opposing…
Sell Your Kidney & Buy This WWII M-18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer Now For Only 275,000 USD
This is one of the most original M-18s in existence, it is very complete, the engine runs well, has good power, good oil pressure and…
Father of Arnold Schwarzenegger, served in WWII as part of the ‘Feldgendarmerie’ (military police). He was in Russia during the bitter winter of ’41-’42 where he was wounded in action
Gustav Schwarzenegger is the father of the famous Arnold Schwarzenegger, former California Governor. Gustav was a Police Chief (Gendarmeriekommandant) in Austria, a senior military police…
A Tidal Wave of Content Arrives in World of Warships Update 0.5.1
Discover new maps, tackle a new game mode, and reap greater rewards in Ranked Battles Wargaming is excited to announce update 0.5.1 for World of…
Ira Hayes – Iwo Jima Flag Raiser & Very Reluctant Hero
Ira Hamilton Hayes was one of five men who helped raise the American flag over Mt. Suribachi on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima on…
Veteran flies Spitfire for first time since WWII
In 2013, at the age of 91 and 69 years after his last time in a Spitfire, Jimmy Taylor went to Goodwood Aerodrome in West Sussex to fly…
Palomares Nuclear Bomb Accident – When The USA Lost 4 Nukes in A Mid Air Collision
On January 17, 1966 a B52 bomber of USAF Strategic Air Command was at 31,000 feet over the Spanish coast near the village of Palomares…
World War Two US Veteran Turns 103, Still Works Full Time Job
A 103 year old World War Two US veteran, who served in the US Air Force, is still working a full time job in Winfield…
The Only Submarine Sunk By a Dump on the Toilet – U-1206
The U-1206 was commissioned on March 16, 1944 and a type 7C U-boat. This type U-Boat was equipped with a new type of toilet designed…