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The General Who Won WWII – You Never Guess How Stalin Rewarded Him

George Zhukov was a Soviet career officer in the Red Army who played a most pivotal role during World War II. He led the drive…

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…

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…

WWII Remains Continue To Be Excavated on Palau

On the tiny Pacific island of Palau, the remains World War Two soldiers are still being searched for. Seventy years since the end of World…

Amazing Pictures Of The Royal International Air Tattoo – By Phil Royal

Vulcan XH558 banking As readers may be aware, the Vulcan to the Sky Trust have announced that this year will be the final flying season…

10 Facts You Did Not Know About The First Allied Victory of World War One

The Battle of Mt. Cer was the first Allied victory of World War One, taking place between 12-24 August 1914, during which the numerically inferior…

Veteran flies Spitfire for first time since WWII

Spitfire

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…

Mysteries & Controversies of WWI – 10 of The Biggest!

Looking back at the First World War there are many events and that spark controversy to this day and mysteries to be cleared up. We…

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…

World War One frontline trench opened to visitors in Halifax, Canada

A replica of a World War One frontline trench has been opened to the public in Halifax, Canada. The trench has been built at the…

The Threat of Nuclear War

As Japan commemorates 70 years since the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the threat of nuclear weapons is ever present. Since the…

WATCH: Two WW2 Russian Yak 3 fighters at Wanaka

Yak 3 fighters

The Soviet Yak fighter (Yakovlev Yak-3) was a Soviet dog-fighter that was used in World War 2. This was a robust craft, and its maintenance…