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Dunkirk Hero Who Helped Make Oscar-Winning Movie Dies Aged 98

Ian Harvey

Arthur Taylor lied about his age in order to join the Territorial Army in 1936. At the outbreak of World War Two, he signed on…

Last Surviving Nazi living in America Dead at 95

Ian Harvey

The last known World War two Nazi in the USA has died. Jakiw Palij emigrated to the US in 1949. He claimed to have been…

John Chapman: Mistaken for Dead, He Fought a Heroic Last Stand Against the Enemy

Jeff Edwards
John Chapman standing with his rifle + Military portrait of John Chapman

There have been many who performed distinct acts of valor and bravery during combat. While the majority are awarded for these actions not long after…

Art of War How Britain Hid its Great Masters from the Luftwaffe

Ian Harvey

The British National Gallery in Trafalgar Square is a must-see during any tourist trip to London. If you should be lucky enough to visit today…

Lady Assassin Lyudmila Pavlichenko Deadliest Female Sniper of All Time

Ian Harvey

It was June 22nd, 1941 when Hitler cut ties with Stalin and began the ill-fated Operation Barbarossa. As the German Wehrmacht began pouring across the…

Sunken Treasure! A Wartime Discovery Is One-of-a-Kind Find

Ian Harvey

Benjamin Franklin once said: “Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead.” He meant, of course, that sharing a secret with…

Medal of Honor: The WW2 Video Game Was Designed by Steven Spielberg

Jay Hemmings

If you mention the name Steven Spielberg and World War II in the same sentence, there’s a ninety-nine percent chance you’re talking about his Oscar-winning…

Sad Times: 2018, when not one of the five remaining crew members was able to travel to 77th Memorial at Pearl Harbor

Ian Harvey

Each year, on the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a memorial service is held. Each year, surviving crew members from the USS…

Oh yes! 30 fully operational T-34 Tanks Recently Sent Back to Russia, a Collectors Dream (with video)

Bair Irincheev

Thirty fully operational T-34-85 tanks recently arrived in Naro-Fominsk near Moscow, Russia. The tanks had previously been in service with the armed forces of Laos.…

The Black Panthers, The Segregated 761st Tank Battalion Took on The SS 11th & 13th Panzer Divisions

Ian Harvey

B Company of the U.S. Army’s 761st Tank Battalion closed in on the French town of Morville-lès-Vic on the morning of November 9, 1944. It was…

The British-Jewish Filmmaker Who Helped Spies in WWI

Ian Harvey

Sir Alexander Korda is being honored this month by the British Film Institute (BFI). Highlighted in the retrospective are some of Korda’s most recognized films…

Plane Wreckage Found? “Leave me alone for five minutes, I’ve got trouble.” Then he was gone

Ian Harvey

Some men go to great lengths to be with the loves of their lives, even when military obligations separate them by a continent. Whether war…