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Stephen McGinty: First World War history in making

Steve Khalif

  BBC has launched 2,500 hours of broadcasting about the First World War to change people perception about the war, but as Stephen McGinty writes…

A GOOD AGE: WW2 scrapbook leads to new discoveries

  Deborah Campbell of Quincy recently learned about her late grandfather, Owen Conrad. He was a top-level American spy during World War Two. Another person…

Nazi Officer, War Criminal Erich Priebke Secretly Buried in Italian Jail Cemetery

A newspaper had released a report saying Ex-Nazi SS Captain Erich Priebke was  buried secretly in an Italian prison cemetery after a number of locations…

Prince Philip meets the pilot he saved in southeast Sumatra during WW2

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Duke of Edinburgh and his grandson Prince Harry paid homage at the graves of unknown British troopers from…

B-17 Bomber Lands in Rowan County for A Tribute to Veterans

November 4, a large crowd had gathered at Rowan Airport to witness the historic “Aluminum Overcast” fly over the airport. To the people who were…

So-Called Sunken “Yamashita Treasure” Fires Up Frenzied Search in South Pacific

Talks about a supposedly sunken treasure off Solomon Islands coast in the South Pacific have sparked up frenzied searching by local and and foreign adventurers.…

Nazi Fanatic Kicked out of Asda Grocery Store And Claims HE Is Being Discriminated!

48 year old Paul Dutton, was kicked out of a Asda store with his daughter, Amy-Rose and her son. Paul and his family were shopping…

WWII PoWs Mark Remembrance Week With a Journey Back to the Far East

33 former PoWs, almost all who are 90 years old, are getting ready to travel back to the Far East for Remembrance week. The PoWs…

Remembering Nancy Wake: WWII’s Most Decorated Woman

While she was still alive, Nancy Wake, WWII’s most decorated woman for her extraordinary war feats, hated people who messed up her life story; she…

DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITO Owners’ Workshop Manual – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITO 1940 Onwards (all marks) Owners’ Workshop Manual By Jonathan Falconer and Brian Rivas Published by Haynes PublishingISBN: 978 0 85733 360 5…

American War Movies Must-See on Veteran’s Day

To honor Veteran’s Day this coming November 11, one author, Robert Demar, has made up a list of good American war movies to watch –…

WWII Movie “Stalingrad” Brings Life to Russia’s Film Industry

Heziel Pitogo

WWII movie “Stalingrad”, the first ever Russian film in IMAX 3D, has become the country’s highest-grossing picture ever after breaking record sales not just in its…