Continental Tire Company Forced Camp Prisoners to Walk 25 Miles a Day to Test Rubber Soles
The German tire company Continental has admitted that it used slave labor during World War II in order to test the quality of their rubber-soled…
Loved by the Nation WWII Vet Elizabeth Barker Johnson dies at 100
WWII veteran Elizabeth Barker Johnson passed away at the age of 100 on Sunday. She received her diploma from Winston-Salem State University’s (WSSU) commencement ceremony…
Pearl Harbor Victim Brought Home for Burial After Almost 80 Years
Navy Seaman 1st Class Orval Austin Tranbarger was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Nearly 80 years later, his body…
Historic & Restored LCT 7074 Delivered to Museum
Landfall, a 300 tonne D-Day Landing Craft, also known as LCT 7074 has been delivered to Southsea in the UK prior to delivery to a…
“Bazooka” Charlie’s Piper L-4H Reconnaissance Plane
It took 18 months of work, but Colin Powers has completed restoration work on “Bazooka” Charlie Carpenter’s Piper L-4H airplane, known as “Rosie the Rocketer.”…
Emily and Catalina: Two Exotic Flying Boat Beauties of the Pacific War
Before the outbreak of WWII, it became clear that the days of the dominant role of the huge Naval fleets of Destroyers and Battleships were…
Death of the Wooden Warship – Monitor vs Merrimack
It was March 8, 1862, a Saturday. On the waters of Hampton Roads off Newport News, Virginia – where the Chesapeake Bay empties into the…
Sophie Scholl, a Heroine WW2 to be Honoured by Germany With a Coin
Sophie Scholl was an anti-Nazi activist and a student when she was executed by guillotine on the 22nd February 1943, aged just 21, after being…
The Italian Navy Arrives in World of Warships: Legends
World of Warships: Legends brings in the first Italian warships, a new collaboration with Transformers, and a new system for players to manage and upgrade…
Live Like a Bond Villain, 3 Remote Napoleonic-Era Forts For Sale
Are you looking for a private getaway, and happen to have a few million pounds stashed away? If so, perhaps the three Napoleonic-era forts built…
Graf Spee Eagle Worth $26 MILLION, Could be Displayed at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
In the first naval battle of World War II, the British navy was able to ‘sink the’ German pocket battleship Graf Spee. Fatally crippled by…
Now You Can Hire USS Cobia a WW2 Sub For a Night
Make history when you spend the night on USS Cobia, our fully restored World War II submarine. “USS Cobia (SS 245) was launched November 28, 1943, in…