Edinburgh: Soldier Bear Statue in Honor of WWII’s Wojtek the Bear Unveiled at Princes Street Gardens
Edinburgh, Scotland – A bronze soldier bear statue – in honor of WWII’s Wojtek, the beer-drinking bear who saw action during the Second World War –…
Documentary Recreated Colditz Castle Escape Attempt Using A Glider
A Channel 4 documentary has recreated a 1945 World War Two British Army plan whereby British Army prisoners held at Colditz Castle were plotting to…
World War Two Ex-serviceman Recalls the Dangers He Faced as a Tail-gunner in Bombing Raids on Germany
As time has passed and the 70th anniversary of the final year of the Second World War has been reached, most surviving servicemen are now…
From Texas to Japan aboard a LST – Putting The Men Ashore To Win The War
The United States Navy didn’t closely scrutinized the paperwork for some of its recruits during World War II. Indeed, it wasn’t unheard of for date…
3 Urban Legends of War That Are Actually True… And One That Is Not
Legends, stories, and anecdotes are woven through the quilt of veteran and civilian experiences of war. We gain new words from war slang, and the…
The MiG 23 That Flew For 900km Without Pilot Then Crashed in A Farm Killing a Boy
The cold war is littered with near ‘nuclear apocalypse’ misses, technological and aviation advancement and a fair number of peculiar incidents. One such bizarre event…
Sammy L. Davis: The Real Forrest Gump
While it might be disappointing to find out that there was no single individual who became a football star at Alabama, received the Medal of…
Amazing Pilot Saved His Wingman, At 20,000 Feet Pushed A Damaged Phantom By Its Tail Hook Out Of North Vietnam
“Pardo’s Push,” by S.W. Ferguson. Source Of the 132 missions Bob Pardo flew in Vietnam with the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, the most significant is…
Tommy Prince, Native Canadian, Was So Quiet, Sometimes In Stead Of Killing Germans He Would Steal Something From Them
Tommy Prince was born on October 15th, 1915, in Scanterbury Manitoba Canada in a family of eleven siblings. He left school at an early age…
Volunteer Body Hunters in Search of Russia’s WWII Fallen
Russia’s volunteer body hunters — individuals who are willing to devout their time and effort to scouring previous WWII battlefields to look for the remains…
Germany Finally Removes Nazi Laws from its Legal Code
Like many other aspects of the German society, Nazis paid special heed towards the justice system to compliment their evil motives. Adolf Hitler authorized a…
The Female Reporter Who Told The World: 1,000 tanks massed on Polish border, Ten divisions reported ready for swift stroke
On the 10th of October, 2015, Clare Hollingworth went to the Foreign Correspondents Club in Hong Kong. An honored member, Clare has visited the club…