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P-51 Mustang Crashes in Texas, No Survivors & Sadly the Passenger Was a WW2 Pilot

Ian Harvey

At a recent airshow in Fredericksburg, Texas, a P-51D Mustang carrying a veteran pilot from WWII as a passenger crashed into a parking lot. The…

Court infuriates Japan by Ordering Nippon Steel to Compensate WW2 Workers

Ian Harvey

In October 2018, South Korea’s Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling where it upheld a court order passed down in 2013, instructing the Nippon…

Top 10 WW2 Movies

Ian Harvey

Rating movies is a highly subjective task, one which has been reduced in modern times to the illustration of a squishy tomato by those who…

Spitfire Flown by ‘Great Escape’ Pilot Found on Norwegian Mountain

Ian Harvey

Gunn’s plane was a specially adapted Mk 1 Spitfire stripped of guns and armor and was  fitted with extra fuel tanks to extend its range…

December Events at National WWI Museum & Memorial

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A program examining the effect of World War I on champagne, a taping of the international hit podcast Bombshell, an examination of the role of chemists…

Fuhrer Thought Strategically About Which Nations to Invade

Ian Harvey

In hindsight, it is too easy to say that Adolf Hitler was simply a madman with no rational thought behind his actions. It’s certainly true…

Britain’s WW2 Pet Extermination: Within a week, 750,000 pets were ‘destroyed’

Ian Harvey

World War II was a difficult time to live through in Britain. From the constant barrage of bombs during the Blitz and the frequent rationing…

Argentinian Sub, ARA San Juan, Found a Year After it Went Missing

Ian Harvey

A tweet from the Argentinian Navy stated that one of their submarines, ARA San Juan, which went missing on November 15, 2017, 430km (267 miles)…

Hitler’s Alpine Retreat a Nexus Between Remembrance & Praise

Ian Harvey

  During World War II, Adolf Hitler could often be found at the Berghof, his home in the Bavarian Alps which served as the second…

Horses Really Were These Soldiers Best Friend

Ian Harvey

There is a widespread belief in North America that dogs are “man’s best friend,” but if you had asked the men who rode the equines described…

Home-grown British Plot to Kill Eisenhower and Montgomery in London

Ian Harvey

During World War Two, the British Secret Services had their work cut out for them. Not only did they have to deal with foreign agents…

Former Nazi SS Camp Guard, 94, Goes on Trial in Germany

Ian Harvey

Johann Rehbogen, a former enlisted SS soldier who is now accused of being an accessory to murder, has gone on trial. He was a guard at the…