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New Book Alleges Poisonous Pacific Legacy of the American Military

Ian Harvey

Japan-based journalist Jon Mitchell has made it his life’s work to investigate and record the many ways in which he sees the Pacific Ocean has…

Falklands Aircraft Carrier Hermes now the INS Viraat for the Scrapheap

Ian Harvey

The Centaur-class aircraft carrier, laid down in 1944, but not commissioned until 1959, had a distinguished 25 years of service with the British Royal Navy,…

Hundred-Year-Old Carrier Pigeon Message Discovered in French Field

Ian Harvey

A couple walking in a field in France last September discovered a tiny aluminum capsule in a field. Upon opening it, they discovered a message…

9th Episode of WW2 Podcast Series – “The Finest Half Hour” – is out Now!

Commanders! The ninth episode of our WW2 podcast series – “The Finest Half Hour” – is out now! The war in the desert begins! Mussolini…

1943 M4A1 Grizzly Sherman for Sale

This M4A1 Grizzly is an adaptation of the Sherman medium tank that was built in Canada in late 1943. It is a cast-hull variant of…

Dutch Flower Girl Who Had Tended a War Grave for 75 Years Has Died

Ian Harvey

Dutch flower girl Willemien Reiken was just nine years old at the end of the War in Europe in 1944. She and her family had…

Army Major Conned Nations into Sending Him Tanks & Weapons

Ian Harvey

A British army major is accused of convincing Germany, Belgium and Sweden to send dozens of tanks and weapons which he then sold himself for…

New Documentary Reveals Story of Last German Soldiers to Surrender

Deep inside the Arctic circle, some six-hundred miles North of the Norwegian coast, lies the Svalbard archipelago, including the islands Spitzbergen and Nordaustlandet (North East…

Historic D-Day Railway Station Visited by Churchill, de Gaulle & Eden up for Sale

Ian Harvey

In the leafy lanes of Hampshire’s Meon Valley lie the villages of Soberton and Droxford. Along Station Road there used to be a railway station…

Company Imports Trove of M1 Carbines from Ethiopia to Sell in US

Ian Harvey

The M1 Carbine was the most produced infantry weapon manufactured by the United States for World War II. It was developed by Winchester for the…

US Army to Replace the M4 & SAW With NGSW System Within 2 Years

Ian Harvey

The US Army is looking at the NGSW system to replace both the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) and the M16/M4/carbine used by close combat…

B-52 Sends Distress Signal Over Britain

Ian Harvey

A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber sent an emergency radio message while flying over Gloucestershire in the UK on September 25, 2020. The bomber…