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Mel Gibson, Andrew Garfield Set to Work on Upcoming WWII Film

Oscar-winning director and actor Mel Gibson will reportedly work with The Amazing Spiderman actor Andrew Garfield on upcoming WWII film about war vet Desmond T. Doss, the…

A Pair of Firsts?

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aircraft

Archibald Ashmore KcKellar. His name may not be familiar to many people nowadays. Seventy-five years ago, his was one of the most recognised names in…

Frontline World War II photo album found

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World War II

While serving in WWII, Frank Tomlinson, a Royal Artillery soldier with the 74th Field Regiment, took over 1000 photos chronicling his life on the front…

Dorothy Lincoln ‘Wrens’: The Cryptologist

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Dorothy Lincoln

89 years old Edmonton lady, Dorothy Lincoln, earlier known as Dorothy Winifred Shiers is among the hundreds of young women who joined the Second World…

Cold War photograph collection

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Cold War

Martin Roemers is a Dutch photographer who grew up with the Cold War, which lasted from the late 1940’s into the early 1990’s. He heard…

Top secret naval communications base sold

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top-secret naval communications base

Criggion Station was a top-secret naval communications base that was built in 1943 in Wales and used during both WWII and the Cold War. During…

Six Months – Three Canadian Brothers – all killed in WWII

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Second World War

The Second World War took the lives of many young men who served in the military. But for the Wagner family, the loss was simply…

O.S.S: The Founder of Navy Seals

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Navy Seals

The recently published book “First SEALs: The Untold Story of the Forging of America’s Most Elite Unit” written by Patrick K. O’Donnell uncovered the strategies…

War trench replicated at Heslington school

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War trench

Lord Deramore’s School, a primary school located in Heslington, York, has created a replica of a war trench and bunker as part of its Armistice…

Germany: WWI Time Capsule Found Inside the Schloss Broich Wall

  A WWI time capsule was discovered inside the wall of the historic German castle  Schloss Broich, in the city of Mülheim, recently remarkably a hundred…

Famous ‘Bicorne’ Hat of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte Auctioned Off for a Massive $2.2M

It has been two hundred years since the death of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte but his belongings are still ‘hot stuff’ as one of his…

Every Day Is Veterans Day For Heat’s Pat Riley

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Veterans Day

While Veterans Day are celebrated once a year, for Pat Riley, it’s a different ball game altogether. The president of the Miami Heat celebrates Veterans…