Dover Castle Fires and Hosts World War I Anti-Aircraft gun
During World War One you might think there was little need for anti-aircraft artillery over the UK since the air force of both the British…
The Death of the Carthaginian Empire 149-146 BCE
The Siege of Carthage makes for quite a sad story when put into context. A proud trading empire fights two long wars, only to lose…
DE HAVILLAND AND HATFIELD 1910-1935 – Review by Mark Barnes
I only visited the De Havilland site once and that was long after it had been consumed into the dying monster that spawned into British…
The Day A Man Stole A Patton Tank And Took It On A Rampage Of San Diego
Meet Shawn Nelson, a U.S. Army veteran and unemployed plumber who stole an M60A3 Patton tank from a United States National Guard Armory in San Diego,…
DON’T FORGET! Remaining Government Stock of WWII M1911’s Handguns to Be Sold Off to The Public…..
The National Defense Authorization Act, passed in 2016, will transfer the US Army’s stock of-of .45 ACP 1911A1 pistols to the Civilian Marksmanship Program. An…
Medal of Honor: The Man War Couldn’t Kill, Jumps On Two Grenades, Falls Out of An Airplane. Survives
For many young people, the outbreak of the greatest War this planet had ever seen would come just a little too early for them to…
WWII Jeep in a Crate for $50 – fact or a tall story
A young man reading one of the magazines like Boy’s Life or Popular Science in the 40s or 50s might have come across an exciting…
New Documentary Claims The Nazis Developed An Atomic Bomb To Be Carried By A Flying Saucer
Over the years there have been many rumours about whether or not the Nazis had nuclear capabilities that they could put to use in WWII.…
Oklahoma Honor Flight Program for WWII Vets to End
Oklahoma City – Six years and 20 flights after, the Oklahoma Honor Flights, a nonprofit organization which provides WWII veterans free trips to Washington DC to…
US veteran’s World War Two wallet uncovered in Austria
A wallet that was left in Austria during World War Two has been returned to the US veteran who lost it more than 70 years…
Waffen SS Tank Commander Michael Wittmanns Gravestone Stolen
The gravestone of a Nazi tank commander has been stolen from a war cemetery in France. SS commander Michael Wittmann was buried in the La…
Top 10 Movie Snipers
A sniper is a skilled marksman whose job is to shoot someone from afar without hitting anyone (or anything) else. But it’s not just about…