Last Surviving US Serviceman Aboard B-17 Bomber that Crash-landed on Beach at Burnham-on-Sea Dies in Delaware, USA
US Tech. Sgt. Walter C. Skinner was top turret-gunner aboard the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress that crash-landed on the beach at Burnham-on-Sea on December 31,…
Mein Kampf: Hitler’s Book Permanently Banned in Bavaria
The German State of Bavaria has abandoned all plans to reprint Mein Kampf after it the legal power to place a ban on Adolf Hitlers…
World War ll M1 Garands
For those who had been there, the M1s available today are nothing like they used to be in WWII; it seems that the rifles once…
The successful design of Centurion Tank with upgrades for many decades
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) An MK3 Centurion Tank at Eastbourne, East Sussex on 12th January 2007 (2) An Israeli Centurion tank destroyed in…
RAAF Pilot Promoted To Flight Lieutenant after 70 years!
After he was shot down over Germany, Ken Wright had to spend three years in a prison camp, reason for which he never got the…
Filmmaker Klayman pays tribute to Soviet’s Night Witch in short film
Alison Klayman, one of the “20 Directors to Watch” by New York Times film critics, created “The Night Witch” to pay tribute to a World…
Turkish Students Accused of Promoting the Nazi Salute at Auschwitz
The Global Jewish News Source (JTA) reports that two tourists, students, were detained by guards on duty at the Auschwitz museum. Why? Allegedly the students…
History of Tanks: Panzerjäger Tiger (P) Ferdinand or Elefant
When Ferdinand Porsche offered his designs for the Tiger II tank in 1939, it was deemed too unconventional. It was also considered too demanding to…
African-American Soldiers Massacred in the Battle of the Bulge are Finally Recognized and Honored
America’s history is a bloody one. While it is known that the men and women who have given their lives to serve the country have…
The Flying Heritage Collection
The Flying Heritage Collection has been housed at Paine Field since 2008. They are now planning to expand their programs by engaging in more educational…
War Films and The British Film Industry
Come Christmas time, many a British men will be comfortably seated in their warm homes watching British war films while eating two or three mince…
The Lincoln Tank Memorial will Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of WWI
There is to be a life sized tribute of the very first military tank set in the center of the city where it was built.…