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World War One French officer’s bedroom intact after 100 years

Ian Harvey

A soldier’ who fought and died in World War One is being remembered 100 years after the war. The French officer’s bedroom at his home…

Did you know that the Ukraine has TWO Mark V tanks??

These two Mark V Composite Hermaphrodite Tanks were restored in the Luhansk Railway department repair factory 2009. They had been left rusting in local villages…

Cornish Village Mevagissey Criticized Over Plans to Reinstate Name of a Local Spot

The Cornish village of Megavissey is facing backlash after it revealed its plan of reinstating the controversial name of one of the locality’s beauty spots…

London’s Science Museum is hosting the exhibition of Churchill’s Scientists

Ian Harvey
Science Museum

In Britain, scientific evolution blossomed during the Second World War. The war brought a revolutionary change in British history. At the time, the versatile Sir…

Will the world soon see a Third World War?

Ian Harvey
Third World War

It is a bit terrifying to think about the mass devastation which took place during the First and Second World Wars. However, the time is…

Medal of Honor recipient Desmond Doss – A simple question – yet the answer led to the rescue of 75 men on the battlefield of Okinawa

Once Hollywood gets hold of a story it often becomes difficult for the viewer to separate fact from Hollywood fiction.  With the upcoming release in…

The Irish connection to Hitler’s family

Ian Harvey
Hitler’s family

Adolf Hitler’s older half brother Alois Hitler, Jr. married an Irish lady, Bridget Dowling, establishing an Irish branch of Hitler’s family history. It was 1909…

6 Great Guns in the History of US Army

Images Used (Clockwise from top Left): (1) A Beretta M9 (2) US Marines on board the USS Blue Ridge and training with Beretta M9 pistols…

Background to MoH recipient Desmond Doss & Interview with Desmond Doss

Once Hollywood gets hold of a story it often becomes difficult for the viewer to separate fact from Hollywood fiction.  With the upcoming release in…

Crafty Gadgets and Famous Spies of WWII

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James Bond truly isn’t the only legendary spy out there. The Imperial War Museum of London proudly displays the gadgets used by famous spies during…

40 images of captured Sherman tanks in German hands!

During World War II, captured soldiers became POW s (Prisoners of War) and were detained in camps. But what happened to captured equipment, such as…

Environmental clean-up set to reveal US Civil War-era weapons trove

Ian Harvey
Union army

The capital city of South Carolina, Columbia, and an allied stronghold was sacked by the Union army on 17th February 1865. William Sherman, the General…