Officer served in THREE wars, was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, escaped a PoW camp and bit off his fingers when doctors refused to amputate
It reads more like the unbelievable exploits of the Terminator. But the remarkable heroics ofLieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart are entirely…
US Air Force commemorates 50 years since Vietnam War Operation Rolling Thunder
It is 50 years since the US Air Force launched its Operation Rolling Thunder campaign during the Vietnam War and the Air Force is holding…
Hitler’s Mein Kampf to be published once again in Germany
German authorities have given the go-ahead for Hitler’s Nazi manifesto, Mein Kampf, to be once again re-published from 2016 onwards. The decision has come under…
Aircraft storage yard in Arizona desert
Thousands of out-of-service aircraft are flown to the Tucson desert in Arizona to be stored or dismantled for scrap at the US government’s aircraft storage…
Cold War-era airborne command center to be restored
The Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland, Nebraska, is restoring one of the ‘Looking Glass’ aircraft, which were used during the Cold War as…
America looks back on Vietnam War after 50 years
50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, the United States looks at how and whether it should commemorate America’s failed attempt to thwart…
Napoleon re-enactment commemorates 200th anniversary
A year of commemoration festivities has culminated in re-enactors making the same journey as Napoleon Bonaparte did 200 years ago from Elba to the French…
Cold War B-52 bomber restored to fly again
A B-52 bomber flown during the Cold War has been rescued from the US Air Force’s scrapyard in Tucson, Arizona, and renovated. The B-52 is…
Governments-in-exile and royalty relocated to London during World War Two
Eight governments-in-exile based themselves in London during World War Two. The British Parliament had to ratify the Diplomatic Privileges (Extension) Bill in 1941, which would…
Napoleon’s eagles replicated for 200th anniversary of Battle of Waterloo
200 years since the Battle of Waterloo, two French imperial eagles used by Napoleon’s troops are being recreated using 3D scans. During the war in…
US Marines Return to Iwo Jima for 70th Anniversary Commemoration
One of the most famous battles of World War Two is the battle for the Pacific island of Iwo Jima. As the US Army advanced towards…
Hitler’s bunker to be recreated as a tourist attraction
Hitler’s bunker, in which he hid during the final days of World War Two, is to be recreated and opened as a tourist attraction in…