Man Attempting to Restore World War II Dakota for D-Day Anniversary
A weathered DC-3 airplane with a colorful history sits in a hangar at the Fremont Airport. Built in 1943, the plane was part of the…
Airborne All The Way! 20 Fantastic Photos of Paratroopers in Action!
Paratroopers are a common part of modern warfare, it’s hard to imagine a modern army without an airborne or air assault element. This form of…
88-year-old Author of The Dirty Dozen Passes Away
E. M. Nathanson released his bestselling novel The Dirty Dozen in 1965. It later became one of the most enduring and ridiculous World War II…
82nd Airborne D-Day Paratrooper Returns to Normandy, For The Last Time?
Ralph Ticcioni’s first taste of France and all things French was of a barn roof – his parachute had caught on the weather vane! It…
South Philly street named after war vet Bill Guarnere
World War Two veteran Bill Guarnere, whose story was told in the television series, ‘Band of Brothers’, has now had a street named after him…
British D-Day Paratrooper Officer Who Defended Orne River and Caen Canal Bridges Died Aged 94
June 6th, 1944, known as D-Day, was a historic day for France. Almost exactly four years from the date of the Nazi invasion of their…
Hitlers Plan To Kill Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill At The Teheran Conference
Many assassination attempts were made on Hitler’s life. Yet, not so well-known are the Nazi assassination plans for the Allied leaders – President Roosevelt, Prime…
May 1941: Operation “Merkur”, The Destruction Of The German Fallschirmjäger in Crete
The German invasion of Crete in May 1941 stands as a landmark in the history of airborne warfare. Up until that point, airborne operations had…
British Airborne Forces Emblem Reinstated After Controversy
The famous emblem of Pegasus aloft on a blue background has for a long time been the defining symbol of the British Airborne Forces. The…
RAF North Witham / Station 479 – D-Day Paratrooper Departure Airfield
On the evening of the 5th June in 1944, Douglas C-47 Dakota aircraft took off from the USAAF base in Witham, Lincolnshire. The planes carried…
Tributes Paid to the 101st Airborne Division in Normandy
On the eve of, perhaps the most celebrated WWII victory ‘the D-Day’ the largest airborne fleets were about to write history by invading Nazi controlled…
Saying Good-bye to another World War II Veteran
According to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, the United States loses 492 World War II veterans every day. In other words, every three…