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The Making of HBO Miniseries “The Pacific”

The Pacific is a TV offering produced by HBO, which launched on March 14th, 2010 in the United States. This TV series was designed to…

Real Life ‘Jaws’ For Survivors of USS Indianapolis Which Sank Just Before the End of WWII

USS Indianapolis

The year was 2000, the whole world was celebrating the dawn of the new millennium, however in the U.S congress a debate was taking place…

New book tells story of France’s forgotten resistance fighters

The battle to liberate France from the Nazis during World War Two was fought not only by the Allies but also a large contingent of…

Unexploded bombs continue to be discovered across London and UK

Last week a World War Two unexploded bomb was uncovered by workmen in the east-end of London at Bethnal Green. Prior to this latest find,…

English Civil War Battle of Winwick Pass to be Commemorated with Permanent Memorial

A little known part of the English Civil War is the Battle of Winwick Pass, which took place 370 years ago this August, actually helped…

CABLES SHOW CONFUSED PICTURE OF ATHENIA TORPEDOING – By Tom Sanger

Early Monday morning, Sept. 4, 1939, the American ambassador to Great Britain, Joseph P. Kennedy, was awakened by an assistant with the news that a…

31 Images of Rommel & Some You Wouldn’t Have Seen Before?

  Having gained a solid reputation as a military savant of the highest order, Rommel was promoted to Lieutenant General and placed in command of…

5 Aircraft Types That Served 50+ Years In USAF, Can You Guess Them All?

Amazing fact: the World’s dominant Military Air Power has 5 aircraft types that served over 50 years and still have a number of them operational.…

Adolf Hitler Planned To Destroy The Manhattan Skyscrapers During WWII – Years Before Osama Bin Laden

The Fuhrer not just wish for world domination. He was specifically obsessed with the vision of the destruction of America’s city, New York. Adolf Hitler…

“Mad Major” Carpenter Attached 6 Bazookas To His Artillery Spotter Plane And Went Tank Hunting

Charles Carpenter enlisted in the US Army in 1942 commissioned a second lieutenant. After completing flight training, Carpenter flew light observation aircraft and accumulated substantial…

Lost Iron Cross Found In Wales to be returned to German soldier’s family

A German World War One Iron Cross is to make its journey home to the soldier who left it behind. The Iron Cross, the highest…

Thousands of Japanese war dead remain unclaimed

As VJ Day has been commemorated around the world, the cremated remains of over 7000 Japanese war dead killed during World War Two remain unclaimed…