91 year old war veteran gets final mission aboard B-29
Jerry Micka is a 91 year old war veteran who has had the chance to fly one more time in the B-29 Superfortress bomber that…
Mass grave may be found in Nazi tunnels in Austria
The World War Two concentration camp Mauthausen-Gusen was one of the last to be liberated by Allied troops at the end of the war. The…
Henry V’s Battle of Agincourt fleet numbers exaggerated by onlookers
[Via] The Battle of Agincourt took place 600 years ago in 1415. The battle was between England’s Henry V and France’s Charles IV. Now historians…
10 Facts You Did Not Know About The First Allied Victory of World War One
The Battle of Mt. Cer was the first Allied victory of World War One, taking place between 12-24 August 1914, during which the numerically inferior…
Old Guy Metal Detecting Finds Buried WW2 Willys Jeep
A short film about every boys dream! Imagine going metal detecting on a beach and suddenly you hear loud beeps coming from your detector. You…
Lockheed AC-130 Gunship: Death From Above
The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed ground attack aircraft currently in service with the United States Air Force. It is a variation of…
Veteran awarded Medal of Honor nearly 100 years too late
Sergeant Henry Johnson, a World War One veteran, is to receive the US military’s highest honor – the Medal of Honor. Henry actually died in…
Le Paradis – Where the SS Killed 97 British Prisoners on May 27th 1940
In 1940, members of the British military were slaughtered – after they had surrendered to German forces. Two survived, but no one believed their story.…
Oldest US World War Two veteran dies aged 110, Just Weeks After Meeting President Obama
The oldest US World War Two veteran has died aged 110 years old. Emma Didlake met with President Barack Obama just a few weeks ago…
World War One poppies display goes on travelling exhibition
During the summer of 2014, London’s Tower of London played host to a hugely successful art installation and poppies display to commemorate 100 years since the…
70 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
[Via] As Japan commemorates 70 years since the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki the world is remembering the aftermath of those bombs.…
Veteran flies Spitfire for first time since WWII
In 2013, at the age of 91 and 69 years after his last time in a Spitfire, Jimmy Taylor went to Goodwood Aerodrome in West Sussex to fly…