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George ‘Speedy’ Gaspard And The Original Special Forces

Ian Harvey

Born in the summer of 1926 George Gaspard was to become a pioneering career soldier, breaking new ground in battlefield tactics and earning many decorations…

Auschwitz Survivor Sees Herself on rare Footage Taken 75 Years Ago

Ian Harvey

Lily Ebert, aged 96, a survivor of the death camp at Auschwitz, has been astounded to see herself in rare film footage taken when former…

Military Dog to Receive Highest Award for Actions Against al Qaeda

Ian Harvey

Kuno is a three-year-old Belgian Malinois who has retired from service as a military working dog with the Special Boat Service. He retired after injuries…

Over 7 Decades Later, 1 Million Japanese Soldiers Still Missing

Ian Harvey

World War II ended over 75 years ago, but still, over one million Japanese soldiers are unaccounted for. Their remains are scattered from Russia, China,…

Wargaming Proud to Announce the Launch of The Finest Half Hour a Weekly Podcast

Wargaming, the makers of World of Tanks, World of Warships, and World of Warplanes, is pleased to announce the launch of  The Finest Half Hour,…

Resistance Fighter Noor Inayat Khan Honoured With Plaque in Central London

Ian Harvey

Female spy, Noor Inayat Khan, born in Moscow to Indian and US parents, made history in WWII when she became the first Muslim woman to…

Tsar Bomb, Just Declassified: 1961 Footage of the Most Powerful Bomb Ever Detonated

Ian Harvey

In October 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the Tsar Bomb, the largest nuclear bomb in history over the Novaya Zemlya islands in the Arctic Ocean,…

He is Now Home, 70 Years After Being Listed as MIA in the Korean War

Ian Harvey

Former Army Corporal Billie Joe Hash came home, more than 70 years after he went missing during the Korean War and presumed dead. Cpl. Hash…

World of Warships Celebrates 5th Anniversary with Massive New Update and a Shipload of Player Gifts

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Update 0.9.8 brings a permanent campaign “Five Epochs of the Navy”, new Dockyard construction featuring Tier VIII U.S. Anchorage, the new temporary Asymmetric Battle battle…

Continental Tire Company Forced Camp Prisoners to Walk 25 Miles a Day to Test Rubber Soles

Ian Harvey

The German tire company Continental has admitted that it used slave labor during World War II in order to test the quality of their rubber-soled…

Loved by the Nation WWII Vet Elizabeth Barker Johnson dies at 100

Ian Harvey

WWII veteran Elizabeth Barker Johnson passed away at the age of 100 on Sunday. She received her diploma from Winston-Salem State University’s (WSSU) commencement ceremony…

Pearl Harbor Victim Brought Home for Burial After Almost 80 Years

Ian Harvey

Navy Seaman 1st Class Orval Austin Tranbarger was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Nearly 80 years later, his body…