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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…

Japan Concerned by South Korea’s Move to Close Down WWII Sex Slave Foundation

Ian Harvey

In 2015 the governments of Japan and South Korea came to an agreement regarding the historic abuse of South Korean women by Japanese military forces…

Clever Comebacks Even Under Pressure: The Best Military Retorts Ever

Ian Harvey

A witty response or remark – also known as a “bon mot” in certain circles – takes a lot of spontaneous smarts to pull off.…

Deadly Legacy of US Bombing Campaign in Vietnam War

Ian Harvey

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War some eighty-million unexploded bombs and cluster munitions remain undiscovered beneath the soil in Laos. On Thanksgiving…

Shinzo Abe Becomes First Japanese Premier to Lay Wreath at Australia’s Darwin War Memorial

Ian Harvey

On November 16th, 2018, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid a wreath to commemorate the fallen at Darwin’s Cenotaph, some 70 years after the Battle…

Monopoli Blues Tells the Story of War Behind Enemy Lines in Italy

Ian Harvey

Like many veterans of World War II, Sir Robert Clark was reticent about his activities during the war. He left his academic studies at Cambridge…