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WW2 Bomb Suddenly Explodes in German Field Leaving Giant Crater

Ian Harvey
Bomb crater

WW2 Bomb: Germany still suffers echoes of its dark Nazi past 80 years ago, when Adolf Hitler led the country to war and created a…

Marshall Islands: Dome Covering Nuclear Waste Starting to Crack

Ian Harvey
Dome

Marshall Islands – Science fiction writers have made countless plot lines out of an earth destroyed by mankind’s greed and lack of foresight. Many books,…

Weald Foundation Brings its 45 Ton Tank Killer to Tankfest 2019

Jack Beckett
Tankfest

Weald Foundation is pleased to announce they will be attending Tankfest 2019 with their Jagpanther. The event takes place at the Tank Museum in Bovington,…

Supreme Court rules War Memorial Can Stand – It Was To Be Pulled Down

Ian Harvey
War memorial

Supreme Court: Religious symbols, or anything remotely resembling religious symbols, are under fire these days, viewed by secular societies as an impingement on those who…

Why You Should Visit TANKFEST on Friday 28th June

Ian Harvey
jagdpanther

Friday at TANKFEST is your chance to see The Tank Museum’s guest stars first, before anyone else! You can see the Panther running alongside its…

Scapa Flow: WW1 Battleship Wrecks up For Sale on eBay

Ian Harvey
battleship

Scapa Flow – SMS Markgraf was the third battleship of the four-ship König class. She served in the Imperial German Navy during World War I.…

WW2 Submarine Floats In Flood

Ian Harvey
submarine

The United States has had huge problems with the fallout from an unusually wet spring; farmers’ fields are soggy and crops can’t be harvested, and…

The Jagdpanther is Coming to TANKFEST 2019

Jack Beckett
JAGDPANTHER

JAGDPANTHER TO APPEAR AT TANKFEST The Weald Foundation and The Tank Museum are pleased to announce a last-minute addition to the TANKFEST 2019 line-up –…

Drunk Man Joyrides in a T-55 Through a Polish Town

Ian Harvey
Tank

Drunk Man – The trope of the drunken joyride is pretty well-established in the annals of ‘foolish things people do’. On the 14th of June…

D-Day Vet Reunites With Lost French Love After 75 Years

Ian Harvey
D-Day Veteran

D-Day story “The course of true love never did run smooth.” William Shakespeare,  “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” June 6th 2019 was a hugely important day…

Jagdpanther: The Weald Foundation Opens its Doors

Ian Harvey
Jagdpanther

The Weald foundation will be a having a special showcase of some of its collection on 22 June, and the big heavy star in the…

Mosquito Restoration Update Great News

Ian Harvey
Mosquito

Mosquito Restoration: Plans to restore the first UK-built World War Two De Havilland Mosquito fighter bomber in more than 70 years have taken a significant…