Faces of Evil: Maria “The Beast” Mandl
There is a misconception that only men are able to carry out evil acts and atrocities, but evil does not discriminate, it comes in every…
Yugoslav Fighters In Spanish Civil War
Yugoslavs, who fought as volunteers in the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side, are called “Spanish fighters” or “Yugoslav Spaniards.” Belgrade Association of Spanish…
Nukes underground – Veteran discusses Cold War service in Minuteman II missile program
By Jeremy P. Amick In the book “The Missile Next Door: The Minuteman in the American Heartland,” author Gretchen Heefner wrote, “Between 1961 and 1967…
Tragedy At Sea – The Untold Story Of PT347, PT350 & PT346 – Sunk By Friendly Fire
Daniel Williams writes: My father’s story began early on the morning of April 29th, 1944 when during a mission aboard PT347 along with the PT350 to…
Jurassic Park of Aviation Found! How WWII Built Aircraft Still Struggle For Survival In New Age
The remnants of an abandoned airplane stretched out in the Desert of “Memories of bygone days“. The type has long gone extinct. Except for a…
Top 10 Monsters of the Sky
We’ve flipped through the pages of aviation history to bring you ten of the biggest, heaviest, weirdest and most astounding aircraft ever built. Antonov An-225…
The Secret Underground Airbase Sipcanik – Now A Massive Wine Cellar
Yugoslavia was spending billions of dollars to build underground air bases, coast guard battery which was carved into the rocks, underground dock, radar and electronic…
First down on Yamato – By Barry Smith
On the morning of Saturday, April 7th, 1945 tension aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) was times a thousand. The fighter pilots with Hornet’s Air…
Missiles of our past – Veteran enlisted in Army missile program to acquire electronics training
By Jeremy P. Amick The Cold War, for many, was a period in our nation’s history filled with anxieties and fears as the United States…
The “White Lily ” Lydia Litvyak, The Jewish Soviet Fighter Ace
Lydia Litvyak was a Soviet flight instructor who had trained 45 pilots by the time the Germans invaded the Soviet Union. She began flying when…
The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum
Most boys were content with plastic model kits and watching TV shows like Combat! and The Rat Patrol, but not Rob Lowden. Lowden’s collection is…
Georgian Uprising and Subsequent Massacre on Texel – Western Europe’s Last Battle Of WWII
This was not the actual last battle in Europe, although I believe it is the last one in Western Europe. However, this story is a fascinating…