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The Berlin Wall, Haunting Pictures Of A Divided City

After the defeat of the Nazis in World War II Germany was divided. The United States, the United Kingdom and their allies occupied western Germany.…

These 3 British SOE Women Helped Win WWII – 2 Survived, 1 Was Cremated Alive

During WWII when the men were out fighting on the front line, women were performing some pretty heroic acts of their own. As March is…

The impact of Holocaust victim Anne Frank’s story stands the test of time

The Diary of Anne Frank has been translated into over 70 languages around the world and is one of the most well known and much-loved…

US Students Continue To Raise Money For Honor Flight So WWII Veterans Can Visit National World War II Monument

A group of World War II veterans, enough to fill an entire airplane, will fly to Washington, D.C. to visit a memorial that has been…

M1 ABRAMS TANK & US INFANTRY WEAPONS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR – Review by Mark Barnes

We have seen books by Michael Green here before and these two from the Images of War range are entirely up to standard.  This author’s…

A needle in a haystack – the missing wedding ring of a WWI vet returned.

How often does a search for something small – such as a needle in a haystack – end in success? Not very often one would…

Weird! Air America Huey Helicopter Shot Down Two Vietnamese Biplanes By Firing An AK-47 Out The Door

On 12 January 1968, four North Vietnamese Air Force AN-2 Colt biplanes lifted off from an airfield in northeastern North Vietnam and headed west toward…

Presumed Dead After Heroic Action in 1944, Air Force Academy Janitor Received Medal Of Honor From Reagan in 1984!

Perhaps it was the way he carried himself in an unassuming and humble manner, but day after day hundreds of Air Force Academy cadets would…

Straight Out Of Star Wars! The Soviet VVA-14

In the 1970s the Soviet Union developed a vertical take-off amphibious aircraft called the VVA-14, which could take off from water or land, and fly…

You’ve Never Seen This Before! How To Build The Mi-28NE “Night Hunter” Helicopter (Pictures)

  This is how the Russian Helicopters Rostovka Plant build the Mi-26, Mi-28 and Mi-35! We’ve given special attention to the Mi-28NE “Night Hunter” which…

Iranian Embassy Siege and More – Top 8 SAS Operations (We Know About)

  The Special Air Service (SAS) was founded by Colonel David Stirling in 1941 as a regiment of the British Army. They were originally a…

After 30 Years, Plane Crash Killing 248 101st Airborne Division Soldiers Commemorated

On December 12, 1985, 248 US Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division died in an airplane crash. They were on their way home from a…