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Dakota Blues or “Celebrating 80 years of the DC-3 Maiden flight”? by Hans Wiesman

The C-47 Fuselage was displayed in the Ardennes forest for a war movie. In the past years, we have seen a larger number of DC-3’s…

WATCH: Schwerer Gustav: Biggest Gun Ever Used in Combat

Schwerer Gustav – This was the name given to a German 80 cm railway gun, a huge piece of artillery designed to be shot from…

Original Civil War flags on display in Fort Worth

A Confederate “Stars and Bars” flag, captured by soldiers of the Union Army at Columbia, South Carolina. Via Wikipedia. The Confederate flag is raising more…

World War Two bomber veteran flies again in a B-17

World War Two bomber veteran

“Yankee Lady” B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. [Via] A World War Two bomber veteran gets to fly again in a B-17 more than 70 years after…

Greeks look to World War One reparations as way out of debt

World War One reparations

[Via] The Greek debt crisis has dominated the news for weeks now, and as Greece tries to work out how it can get out of…

First UK SAS Soldier To Land In France On D-Day Has Died

The first UK soldier to put his feet on French soil during the D-Day landings has died at the age of 95. Lieutenant Norman Poole…

TANKFEST 2015

TANKFEST 2015

Mark Barnes recalls a glorious weekend at the Tank Museum with Jack Beckett and a cast of several. Saturday was gloriously sunny while Sunday reverted…

The English Double-Agent Who Won the Iron Cross

In Jersey there was a respectable establishment, the Hotel de la Plage — an ideal hotel with a respectable landlady and good, reliable staff. It…

Racial tensions hover over General Lee statue in New Orleans

General Lee

[Via] Recently the mayor of New Orleans declared that he wanted to remove a city centre statue of the American Civil War General, Robert Lee.…

Past students honoured at Margraten War Cemetery, Netherlands

Teachers and students from Omaha Central High School in the US have made a one-off unique trip on the journey that former students of the…

Local US WWII veteran recalls storming Normandy Beach

Independence Day on the 4th July ensures that the US recalls and commemorates those people who have given their lives for freedom. One World War…

Did Hitler have Parkinson’s Disease?

Towards the end of Hitler’s life some believe his erratic behavior and physical appearance was caused by Parkinson’s disease. A new study into neurological diseases…