Sunken Treasure! A Wartime Discovery Is One-of-a-Kind Find
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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…
Georges Loinger, Veteran WWII Rescuer of Jewish Children, Dead at 108
Born in the border city of Strasbourg, Georges Loinger learned to speak German fluently. With his blue eyes and blond hair he certainly didn’t fit…
Images of a Top Secret WWII Operation to Antarctica to Establish Bases & Keep Argentina out of The Falklands
It’s easy to imagine all the heated battles of World War II’s European Theater taking place in France or Belgium or North Africa – all the…
‘We owe a debt of gratitude to men like this’ Heartwarming Moment Santa Claus Takes a Knee for a WW2 Veteran
The holidays are over. Everyone is back to their normal schedules, eyeing their expanded waistlines and considerably smaller wallets. Folks make the same vow every…
Guns and Money, a WW2 Price List; Rifles and Machine-guns
In 1941, World War II was going well for Germany. The forces of the Third Reich had successfully overrun the Greek islands and Balkan states,…
Money & Guns in WWII, the Cost of SMGs and Sidearms, Thompsons Were $10,500 in Today’s Money
War is an expensive business and requires a massive manufacturing and logistical support system to prosecute successfully. When the United States was pulled into World…