Tilanqiao, Shanghai, Was A Wartime Safe Haven For Jewish People
Tilanqiao, a neighborhood in Shanghai, was, for a time, an oasis in a troubled land. The neighborhood, which became a ghetto under Japanese occupation, was…
Ship Happens — How An British Couple Wound Up With A Piece of History
Gemma and Simon Robins of Wrexham bought a boat on eBay in January. Not just any boat, but the ML 1392 Medusa, which took part…
New Eligibility Requirements For Arlington Cemetery As Space Runs Out
Military officials will reveal their plans to address the burial eligibility situation at Arlington National Cemetery later this year. This is after facing a strong…
Tank Museum’s New Exhibition Opens With Live Online Tour
The Tank Museum in Dorset is opening its new World War Two exhibition with a live, online tour. Anyone can tune in on YouTube on…
A Man Once Turned In a Soviet TANK to a Czech Weapons Amnesty Program
When police in the Czech Republic used a tank in their advertisement to promote weapons amnesty, they didn’t realize someone would actually take it seriously.…
False Alarm In German Forest As Adult Toy Mistaken For Explosive
Cleaning up after a war has occupied many governments and volunteer organizations across the world, from mine clearance in Vietnam to European bomb disposal squads.…
US Army’s Night Vision Technology Makes Life Look Like a Video Game
The U.S. Army’s Lancer Brigade (Second Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division) released footage of their new Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binoculars (ENVG-B). The goggles…
Sikorsky Demonstrates Autonomous Flight Technology for US Army
The U.S. Army teamed up with Sikorsky to successfully demonstrate an S-70 Black Hawk helicopter with autonomous flight technology. The demonstration opens up the possibility…
Washington DC Opens A National Memorial For The First World War
Incredible as it may seem, up until now the 4.7 million American service personnel who served in World War One never had their own dedicated…
Charles Coolidge, Oldest Medal Of Honor Recipient, Passes Away At Age 99
The U.S. has lost its oldest Medal of Honor recipient. Charles Coolidge has passed away at the age of 99. He died April 6, 2021,…
Clayton Schenkelberg, Oldest Survivor of Pearl Harbor, Passes Away At 103
Clayton Schenkelberg, thought to be the oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, passed away at the age of 103 on April 14,…
Woody Harrelson to Star as Doctor Who Saved the Lives of Jews in WWII
Woody Harrelson, the three-time Oscar nominee will star in the role of Felix Kersten in a film version of Joseph Kessel’s novel The Man With…