Private Voytek The Polish Bear Soldier
It was not uncommon for army units to have their own mascots to keep up morale during war, most of the times the mascot was…
Operation Semut – most successful stealth operation of the Second World War
[Via] Jonathan Tredrea, 95, is one of the eight parachuters who landed from a plane in Barion on March 25, 1945 to the surprise of…
Remains of a Canadian Soldier from WWII discovered in Netherlands
Pte. Albert Laubenstein appears in this undated photo [Via] The remains of a Canadian soldier who died during Second World War has been recovered and…
Dunkirk boats sail back in 75th anniversary commemorations
On the 75th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk, some of the original wooden boats that went over to rescue the Allied soldiers from France…
British World War Two veterans returned to Arnhem for commemorations
[Via] London taxi drivers, or ‘cabbies’ as they are known, have joined together to organise a trip to Arnhem in the Netherlands for a group…
Operation Manna – how Allied airforces saved millions of Dutch people from certain death
The date was 29th April 1945; a teenage girl along with 12 other people was in hiding from German troops. She was frightened, trembling with…
WATCH: SR-71 – The World’s Fastest Plane
Imagine a plane that could travel at three times the speed of sound. That’s 1,030 meters every second or 1.03 kilometers (.65 miles)! The United…
For Sale: 1944 North American P-51D Mustang
For sale, by court order this amazing P-51D Mustang! It feels like a barn find but it probably isn’t, you can’t fly it straight away…
Pictures: Life and Death of the USS Yorktown
Follow the USS Yorktown from the moment her keel was laid, through sea trials and into the Battle of the Coral Sea. Damaged in that…
WATCH: King Tiger Tanks
The common name of Nazi Germany’s heavy tank is “Tiger II” but it is also known under the informal name Königstiger, which often is translated…
How Lt. Col. Paul Needham survived after the Iranian storming of the US Embassy
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Needham was among those taken hostage during the Nov 4, 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran Iran.…
‘Never to part again’ Lohman, Mo., sailor killed in Japanese kamikaze attack in World War II
By Jeremy P. Amick A mother’s love for a child can be an abstract and unwavering force that yields to no person or object. Few…