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The Wild Bunch Showed the Mexican Revolution as it Really Was

Steve MacGregor
pancho mexican revolution

Sam Peckinpah and the making of The Wild Bunch A little more than 50 years ago, director Sam Peckinpah was looking forward to making a…

10 Luftwaffe Aircraft Certainly Gave the Allies Cause for Concern

Conan White

This top ten aircraft list of the Luftwaffe is intended not only to reflect the success or high numbers of any one particular design, but…

Home-grown British Plot to Kill Eisenhower and Montgomery in London

Ian Harvey

During World War Two, the British Secret Services had their work cut out for them. Not only did they have to deal with foreign agents…

The Strange Looking Fw-189 The Flying Eye of the Luftwaffe in Pictures

Nikola Budanovic

In the years leading up to WWII, the Focke-Wulf Company was at the very forefront of German aircraft design. It produced cutting-edge technology which would…

Former Nazi SS Camp Guard, 94, Goes on Trial in Germany

Ian Harvey

Johann Rehbogen, a former enlisted SS soldier who is now accused of being an accessory to murder, has gone on trial. He was a guard at the…

The Iconic Luger versus the Iconic Colt 1911

Steve Macgregor

At the end of the nineteenth century, pistol designers were looking at ways to improve on the revolver which was at that time the standard…

Filming of The Bridge at Remagen in Czechoslovakia Was Interrupted by the Soviet Invasion in 1968

Ruslan Budnik

From January 5 to August 21, 1968, a period of liberalization took place in Czechoslovakia called the Prague Spring. The first secretary of the Czechoslovak…

Unmanned Bombers, What Could Possibly Go Wrong? JFK’s Brother Lost his Life in One

Justin Render

By August 1944, a favorable end was in sight for the Allies, and efforts were being ramped up to gain a final, definitive advantage over…

Identical Twins & WW2 Veterans Celebrate 100th Birthday

Ian Harvey

A local Idaho news story on Fox6now recently shared the uplifting Veterans Day story of two exceptional twin brothers: Boyd and Ralph Henderson, who recently…

Steve McQueen’s Great Escape Motorbike Used to Herd Cows After Filming Finished

Ian Harvey

In 1963, The Great Escape was probably the most exciting film event in movie theatres across the UK and USA. The war epic beat Hitchcock’s…

Oldest Pearl Harbor Veteran, Ray Chavez, dies at 106

Ian Harvey

On Wednesday, a tweet from the White House alerted everyone to the death of the oldest survivor of Pearl Harbor, Ray Chavez.  Chavez died in…

The Deadliest Single Days in War: You Will Surprised by Where & When

Matthew Gaskill

Psychologists, historians, philosophers, politicians, poets – all have tried to understand what seems at times to be a basic human need – not food, shelter,…