The Movie With a Mini-Gun Toting Bear
In 2017, Big Cinema House – a Russian movie studio – released what may be the most ambitious Russian action movie ever made. It appears…
Gender Confusion Over Hero Dog That Helped Take Down ISIS Leader
The dog who was injured during the raid that killed the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was honored in a ceremony at the White…
The New ‘Monuments Men’ Soldiers Will Protect Treasures in Combat Zones
The US Military is in the process of reincarnating the famous World War II expert brigade, dubbed The Monuments Men, in the 2014 movie of…
Pentagon Report Says Rise of Machine Super Soldiers is Just Decades Away
The popular myth of cyborg soldiers, a warfighter enhanced with augmented tech providing bionic eyesight and superhuman battlefield performance, may soon be a reality. According…
‘Band of Brothers’ Actors Who Later Became Big-Time Stars
Band of Brothers was a television landmark that featured a star-studded cast of actors. Made in the days before movie quality, writer-led drama really took…
Last Ever Built C-47 Shredded in Congo
It was a chaotic Start of the Congo State. Until 1960, the Congo was under Belgian Colonial rule. On June 30 of that year, a…
Poland’s WW2 $5bn of Gold Returned From London in Top-Secret Mission
Poland was given back approximately 100 tons of gold from three nations — the U.K., Canada and America — that had been holding the bars…
Thousands Evacuated After 500-Pound WWII Bomb Found in Turin
Thousands of people were evacuated from the Italian city of Turin on December 1st after a 500-pound bomb from WWII was discovered. Everyone living near…
Three Very Different Books From the Pen & Sword Stable
We are drifting into the world of the tinsel strewn ‘C’ word. In deluding ourselves that we provide a modicum of a public service, the…
Tankfest 2020 20th Anniversary
TANKFEST, the world’s biggest and best display of historic moving armour, celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2020. To mark this milestone, organisers are pulling together an…
For Sale: A Relic From one of the Most Daring Acts of Heroism in the Skies
A relic from one of the most daring and astonishing acts of heroism in the skies during World War One has emerged for sale. In…
The Jew who Identified the Fuehrer’s Remains & Kept the Secret for Decades
In 1941, Hitler’s Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union. The Red Army found themselves in desperate need of German interpreters. Elena Kagan was a Russian…