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PBJ Bomber to be Restored One Last Time And Put On Display

During a training run on June 6th, 1944, the crew in a Navy/Marine PBJ-1J bomber dipped low to the water over Lake Greenwood, South Carolina…

The 10 Greatest Tank Battles In Military History

The tank is one of the most resilient and devastating army weapons. To break the deadlock of trench warfare in the western front during the…

How The Seven Auschwitz Dwarves Fell Under The Spell Of Dr Death

May 19, 1944 – When Perla Ovitz and her family were lifted off the train shortly after arriving in Auschwitz that fateful Friday; the SS…

David and Goliath of World War Two – The Shortest Soldier Captured The Biggest!

The World War Two story of David and Goliath – an Allied 5ft 3in soldier who captured Germany’s tallest soldier at 7ft 6in has been…

Scrapping And Salvaging World War II Aircraft in North Africa

  Wartime film clips show U.S. Aircraft and fighters at Telergma in North Africa at a field scrapyard, yielding valuable parts to keep ’em flying. Any…

Copyright to Anne Frank’s Diary Continues to be Contested

A battle over the copyright for Anne Frank’s World War Two diary is becoming heated as several parties contest the rights to the diary. Anne’s…

The D-Day Landing Minute-by-Minute Revealed in Book

A comprehensive book tells the story of the D-Day landings in the order in which they occurred. D-Day Minute by Minute is written by British…

How 4 U.S. Attack Helicopters Were Destroyed Because of Geotagged Pictures

By the end of 2016, there will be more than 2 billion smartphones in use throughout the world, and all of them contain technology that…

The Nika Riots: Sports Riots that Nearly Toppled an Empire

Today soccer is unequivocally the most popular sport in a world with countless different sports vying for fans. In the ancient world there were not…

“Nazi War Diggers” Renamed “Battlefield Recovery” – Britain’s Channel 5 TV Accused Of Disrespecting WWII Dead.

In March 2014, National Geographic announced that it would not be broadcasting a controversial series of four one-hour documentary films, entitled “Nazi War Diggers”. Due…

Das Boot, The Background, Facts and Goofs

“Das Boot” is a 1981 German war film epic. Meaning “The Boat,” it is an adaptation of Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s 1973 German novel of the same…

1984: Testing the Autobahn Airfield – A10s, Hercules’ and Fighters Land On A Highway (Watch)

In 1984, the NATO held an exercise on the German Highway, known as the Autobahn, to test one of the contingency plans in case the regular…