Last one! Inside the Tanks – The Tiger Part 5 by World of Tanks
The latest is the 5th episode of our series. Inside the Tiger features in detail the inside of the turret of Tiger 1. Our military…
Collectors, ready to cry? What happens to weapons after war….
It is simultaneously both a collector’s wildest dream and worst nightmare. After the war is over and the smoke has cleared from the battlefield, what…
US Navy airmen honoured at Mount Beacon crash site
The 70th anniversary of a World War Two plane crash that killed six US Navy airmen on Mount Beacon near the Hudson River, north of…
Military cemetery worker charged with theft of veterans’ headstones
A military cemetery worker from Rhode Island in New York is being investigated for stealing over 150 war veterans’ headstones. The headstones have been found…
Why Was Audrey Hepburn So Slim? She Almost Died Malnourished in World War Two
The slim, shapely and elegant body of actress and icon Audrey Hepburn was mostly associated with her love for ballet and the years she spent…
Rome’s Worst Defeat: The Battle of Cannae 216 B.C.E.
The battle of Cannae was an almost perfect tactical victory for Hannibal Barca. Facing a Roman army almost twice the size on a level field,…
War Wreck Diving in Guam, Amtracks & Ships – By Martin Frankcom
In January 2009 Tracy and Martin visited the tiny Pacific island of Guam for the second time. We had stopped off there very briefly in…
The American Tank Ace That Killed 12 Tank and 258 Armoured Vehicles in 81 Days
World War II saw the emergence of tank Aces who became famous for their incredible milestones at the war front. Among the most widely recognized…
JFK: 11 alive…need small boat…Kennedy
On a dark night in August of 1943, young Jack Kennedy is cruising silently through the waters of the South Pacific near the Solomon Islands…
Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism opens in Munich
The new documentation center, on the left is the “Fuhrerbau” where the Munich agreement was signed in 1938, via Google streetview A new Documentation Center…
New biography details life of Goebbels
[Via] A new biography of Dr Joseph Goebbels has been written and published by historian Peter Longerich. Goebbels was Adolf Hitler’s propaganda chief and number two,…
The World War Two US Army Deserter That Was Hung For His Crimes
The story of a World War Two US Army deserter who caused criminal chaos in Rome during the war has been uncovered. Werner Schmiedel was…