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The Rosenbergs: Daring Spies or Simple Scapegoats?

Ian Harvey

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg made history on June 19, 1953, as the only two American civilians convicted on espionage charges and executed on American soil…

After 73 Years Roald Dahl’s Family Receive His Medals in the Post

Ian Harvey

The creator of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, The BFG, Matilda, and countless other much-loved stories of mischief and mayhem spent most of his time…

Police Inquiry Launched After Top Movie Stuntman Crushed by Tank

Ian Harvey

Oleg Shilkin, 31, was one of Russia’s top movie stuntmen when he was killed on October 22, 2018 while filming a World War II movie.…

Order a Tank Museum Christmas Jumper Which Has Proved a Surprise Hit

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A Christmas jumper designed and sold by the Tank Museum in Dorset has become a surprise festive hit, with staff struggling to keep up with…

Next British Fifty-Pound Note Could Feature The Incredible Resistance Fighter Noor Inayat Khan

Ian Harvey

The Bank of England has announced that it will be issuing a new polymer-based fifty-pound note at some point in the early 2020s. This announcement…

Levi Oakes honored as a Mohawk Code Talker in a Ceremony in Ottawa

Ian Harvey

In 2002, Nicholas Cage starred in Windtalkers as a soldier assigned to protect a Navajo soldier who used his native language as an unbreakable code.…

NEW BOOK reveals TOP SECRET archive information about Pointe du Hoc & the US Rangers.

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Author and historian Gary Sterne’s long-awaited study of the US Army D-Day Rangers is now available in 2 volumes published by Pen & Sword Publishing. In…

The Tank Museum has Purchased a Rare WW2 Beaverette Armoured Car

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The vehicle has been on the Museum’s ‘wants’ list for some time, to feature in its upcoming Second World War exhibition, and came up for…

Archduke Franz Ferdinand And The Era Of Assassination

Mark Barnes

The Great War centenary will soon be consigned as a piece of history itself, but books dedicated to the conflict continue to pile up in…

Donation from Shoen Family of U-Haul to Restore a Pearl Harbor Icon

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Ford Island Control Tower Repairs, Elevator Enabled by Family’s Contribution The Ford Island Control Tower, the historic structure that witnessed and withstood the attack on…

What the Allies Faced: Over 30 Photos of The German Opposition At Normandy

Ian Harvey

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and when that picture is taken during wartime, what it communicates is often tragedy,…

“Devastated Lands” Special Exhibition Opens Tuesday, Dec. 11 at National WWI Museum & Memorial

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When asked to describe the geography of the Western Front in the aftermath of World War I, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom John Masefield…