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D-Day Reenactment Canceled Over Health And Safety Concerns

Flooded road, car park and part of the golf coarse at Braunton Burrows, circa 2014.

One of the U.K.’s largest D-Day reenactments set to take place in June 2021 has been canceled over health and safety fears of “blown sand”…

Wreck of the HMS Urge Found Off the Coast of Malta

HMS Urge at sea

A submarine wreck off the coast of Malta has officially been identified as the British U-class submarine HMS Urge, which was lost in 1942. Since…

The Zimmermann Telegram was Intended to Keep America Out of WWI – It Did the Opposite

Zimmermann Telegram + Portrait of Arthur Zimmermann

It’s believed, today, that few decoded messages have had the global and historical impact of the Zimmermann Telegram in 1917. This single telegram gave the…

‘Skins’ Star to Play SAS Hero Paddy Mayne in New Series

Paddy Mayne and Jack O'Connell, who will play him in the upcoming series

Filming of a new TV mini-series has begun and is set to finally show the exploits of one of the SAS’s most notable members, Robert…

Tilanqiao, Shanghai, Was A Wartime Safe Haven For Jewish People

Ian Harvey

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…

Operation Monopoly: When the US Tunneled Under The Soviet Embassy

Russian Embassy in Washington

The U.S. and U.S.S.R. were no strangers to spying on each other, as they had been playing a cat-and-mouse game of espionage since the beginning…

CIA Documents Reveal Early Plot Against Raúl Castro

Raul Castro on a state visit to Mexico.

With Raúl Castro’s retirement from politics on the 60th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, CIA documents about a planned assassination plot against the…

New Eligibility Requirements For Arlington Cemetery As Space Runs Out

A young boy rides on his father's shoulders while visiting Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, 2017.

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…

StarLink Satellites Change The Face Of The Night Sky

starlink satellites over Uruguay, with Elon Musk in the foreground

Police and TV stations were flooded a few days ago by shocked callers reporting sightings of UFOs in the night sky above parts of the…

Senior Space Force Spouse Aims To Create A ‘Family-Like’ Culture

Mollie Raymond, senior Space Force spouse.

Spouses of U.S. Space Force members are exposed to the same concerns and difficulties that affect regular service members’ families. Spouses and families of service…

Remains Of Pearl Harbor Sailor From USS Oklahoma Identified

uss oklahoma ca. 1941, beside Paul Goody, a veteran of the Pearl Harbor attack.

A U.S. Navy serviceman who died on the USS Oklahoma during the Pearl Harbor attack has been successfully identified. Navy Fireman 1st Class Harold E.…

Glacier Melt Reveals Soldiers’ Lost Artifacts

Dosegù Glacier in Stelvia National Park, Italy.

A melting glacier in northern Italy has revealed a cave shelter containing lost WWI artifacts. It was once the home to 20 Austrian soldiers who…