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EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016 Events, Air Shows to Commemorate 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor

Ian Harvey

Flying activities to include actual airplane involved in the events of Dec. 7, 1941 The 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor’s “Day of Infamy” will be…

Green Beret Denied Medal of Honor Is First Test for New Army Secretary

Sgt. 1St Class Earl D. Plumlee was denied the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for valor in combat. When Army Secretary Eric Fanning…

Stunning Color Footage Of The Battle of the Bulge

Prior to the Battle of the Bulge, a line, 88 miles long, was drawn by Allied officers throughout the Ardennes region. The Ardennes lies in…

This Rogue Nazi General Committed High Treason To Stop The Reign of Terror in Croatia

Many heroes’ names line the pages of WWII history. Many of these men and women were not recognized and known to the public during their lifetimes…

FG-42 vs M1 Garand: 2-Gun Action Match (Watch)

For this month’s 2-Gun Action Challenge Match, we had a .308 FG-42, loaned from SMG Guns, which I handed off to my friend Karl to…

Steel vs Steel – Top 10 Epic Tank Battles in History

The tank is a resilient and devastating war machine, and a key element in many conflicts throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. To break the deadlock…

Images of War Roundup – By Mark Barnes

Here we go again with a roundup of recent Great War titles in the Images of War range from Pen & Sword publishers. For the…

100 years on – Looking Back at the Importance of the Battle of Jutland

Lasting roughly 36 hours on May 31st 1916, the Battle of Jutland changed the course of the First World War. It was the only major…

War Movie Anthropoid – The Assasination of Reinhard Heydrich – Has An August Release Date

One of the most infamous Nazis is being taken on by Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan. A drama called Anthropoid is all set to be…

Caesar’s elite Germanic Cavalry

By Ludwig H. Dyck During Gaius Julius Caesar’s conquest of Gaul (58-51 BC) and during the civil war (50-45 BC) that followed, Caesar commanded over…

B-29 Doc Gets Certified for Airworthiness!

The B-29 bomber known as Doc may be flying again before the summer is over. On May 20th, the nonprofit group Doc’s Friends announced that…

Scandal of the Century – New Book Claims USA Knew Of Pearl Harbor Plans For Months

Few words are more disheartening to Americans than Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “day of infamy,” and few photos more provocative than the image of the burning…