A Veteran From WWII Meets Man He Saved From A Concentration Camp 7 Decades Ago (Watch)
It was a remarkable reunion, and one that was thankfully caught on camera. A brave World War II veteran from Colorado met with a Holocaust survivor…
12 Ways the British Army Adapted to Fighting in the Americas
Fighting in the Americas was the great challenge facing the 18th-century British army. Whether confronted with French, Spanish, native or colonial troops, they had to…
The Secrets Locked inside a Shipwrecked Trumpet
It doesn’t look like the sort of object that might contain historical secrets, locked away inside. In fact, it looks more like something you could find…
Amazing! WWII Bunker Cut In Half To Create War Memorial
Bunker 599, located in the Netherlands was cut in half and has been turned into an artistic war memorial. Originally built in 1939, the bunker…
Three Outstanding Books That Encapsulate The Battleship Age – From Seaforth
I’ve got six books about the Battle of Jutland on the ‘to do’ pile and I have to admit there is no way I will…
Remembering Sir Nicholas Winton, British “Schindler” Who Rescued Hundreds of Children During the Holocaust
Hundreds of people who were rescued as children by a man described as “Britain’s Oskar Schindler” gathered together to attend a special service in honor…
Communist Spy Kit Put on Display in Albania
Well-groomed and ramrod-straight, he had a great head of healthy, white hair. He easily could have been marked as a retired head teacher or postmaster.…
Fort Worth City Council Stops Plan To Bring Back a B-58 Hustler
Lack of cash and the ability of the Fort Worth Air Museum to repay a loan of $250,000 has stopped a project to transport a…
MILESTONES OF FLIGHT & THE BIG BOOK OF X-BOMBERS AND X-FIGHTERS – Review by Mark Barnes
I am a big fan of the illustrated books from Zenith Press. The company places a heavy emphasis on modern American history and presents it…
These 44 Pictures Of The German Side Show What The Allies Were Up Against On D-Day
In June 1944, the Western-Allies had a tough test to pass. They had to breach the formidable Atlantic Wall, defended by the mighty German army.…
Inside the Chieftain’s Hatch: Object 416 – By World of Tanks
The Soviet Object 416 medium tank was developed at the Construction Bureau of Factory No. 75, starting in the fall of 1949. The blueprint was…
FUSAG: Patton’s D-Day Army That Didn’t Exist
An army can help win a war without even existing. Strange as that may seem, this is exactly what happened in the case of the First United…