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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…

The Germans Who Fought With The RAF During WWII

The majority of the British Army during World War Two consisted of British and her Allied troops. However there was a small contingent of a…

What Happened To the French Undersea Cruiser Surcouf? Bermuda Triangle, Sunk by Friendly Fire or Rammed?

The mystery of how the record breaking French submarine Surcouf sunk has been debated since the day it disappeared in the Pacific, near Tahiti. Was…

The Molotov Line in Pictures: Introduction – By Piotr Tymiński

Why the Molotov Line? Is it because it’s the longest fortification line in Europe? Nah, years ago I haven’t had a clue about it… I…