Jack Beckett

Jack Beckett has been editor since 2012. Huge fan of war history and rural history and a motorbike rider.

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Articles by Jack Beckett:

“Size 36” The First Public Movie With Details Of The B-36 “PEACEMAKER” Nuclear Bomber

Shown here is a 1950 era propaganda produced by the U.S. Signal Corp highlighting the then new B-36 intercontinental nuclear bomber. Playing in the U.S.…

Survived Nazi Dr Josef Mengele removing his kidney without anaesthesia & survived a gas chamber as he was the 201st person in line for a chamber of 200 people.

An Israeli man, Yitzchak Ganon, had his life saved by heart specialists after refusing to visit medical professionals for a total of 64 years. While…

Normandy Secrets: Forgotten German Arms Caches a Bonanza for Historians

Bagnoles de l’Orne is a spa-town in Normandy, and there are many attractions here that are recommended, one of them being the Belle Epoque Quarter…

Put up such a fight in captivity, Viet Cong executed him out of frustration. He was last heard singing “God Bless America”. He was later awarded the Medal of Honor

Captain Humbert Roque Versace (July 2, 1937 – September 26, 1965), affectionately called “Rocky,” was an officer of the United States Army. He went on…

Nazis developed experimental drug cocktail in which the Nazi doctors found that equipment-laden test subjects who had taken the drug could march 55 miles (88.5 kilometers) without resting

Modern research has found that the Nazis had plans to try to transform their own soldiers into ‘robots’ using special chemicals. That chemical was a…

5 Unbelievable True Stories About WWII That Should be Made into Movies

What most of us remember about World War II from history classes boils down to who fought who, the Holocaust, the Nazis and how almost…

10 Most Chilling Nazi Super Weapons That Hitler Could Have Used To Win WWII

During WWII, the Nazi Germans were developing a wide range of superweapons that would turn the tide and ensure ultimate victory. Most of them never made…

‘Mad’ Jack Churchill Became The Only Man During WWII To Kill An Enemy Soldier With An Arrow Fired From A Longbow

To those he fought beside, Jack Churchill seemed like a man without fear, but to those he faced in combat, he was a terrifying figure,…

UK’s WWII Tank Event: Armour & Embarkation (VERY image heavy!!)

THE largest collection of tanks and armoured vehicles since the Second World War will descend upon Dorset in  2016 on the weekend of the 18th…

Why The US Dumped Helicopters Overboard During the Vietnam War

Operation Frequent Wind, the largest helicopter evacuation on record, begins removing the last Americans from Saigon. The North Vietnamese had launched their final offensive in…

MUST READ: Murmansk – The Cruiser That Never Gave Up

The Murmansk was a Soviet light cruiser project no. 68-bis. It was part of the Soviet (and later, the Russian) Navy’s Northern Fleet. Construction began…

Amazing story: WWII ghost B-17 completed its mission, then landed – no one was on board

A B-17 Flying Fortress landed perfectly at an RAF airbase and completes the full landing pattern as well. The bomber comes to a full stop;…