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German Flagship SMS Scharnhorst Found off Falkland Islands

Ian Harvey

What lies beneath the dark waters and rolling waves of the Falkland Islands are mysterious, awe inspiring, and to many of us, a little frightening.…

German Chancellor Merkel Tours Auschwitz With ‘Sense Of Shame’

Ian Harvey

Angela Merkel visited the Auschwitz concentration camp. It was her first visit to the site as the German Chancellor and the first visit by any…

The US Army Is Developing a Gun With a 1,000 Mile Range

Ian Harvey

The US Army is developing a cannon that has a range of over 1,000 miles. They are also working on hypersonic weapons. Together, the new…

Abandoned Nuclear Missile Complex in Arizona For Sale $400,000

Ian Harvey

Have you thought about buying a missile complex, I mean a new home, but looked at the row upon row of little boxes that constitute…

Gender Confusion Over Hero Dog That Helped Take Down ISIS Leader

Ian Harvey

The dog who was injured during the raid that killed the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was honored in a ceremony at the White…

The New ‘Monuments Men’ Soldiers Will Protect Treasures in Combat Zones

Ian Harvey

The US Military is in the process of reincarnating the famous World War II expert brigade, dubbed The Monuments Men, in the 2014 movie of…

Pentagon Report Says Rise of Machine Super Soldiers is Just Decades Away

Ian Harvey

The popular myth of  cyborg soldiers, a warfighter enhanced with augmented tech providing bionic eyesight and superhuman battlefield performance, may soon be a reality. According…

‘Band of Brothers’ Actors Who Later Became Big-Time Stars

Still from 'Band of Brothers'

Band of Brothers was a television landmark and it featured a star-studded cast of actors. Made in the days before movie quality, writer-led drama really…

Poland’s WW2 $5bn of Gold Returned From London in Top-Secret Mission

Ian Harvey

Poland was given back approximately 100 tons of gold from three nations — the U.K., Canada and America — that had been holding the bars…

Thousands Evacuated After 500-Pound WWII Bomb Found in Turin

Ian Harvey

Thousands of people were evacuated from the Italian city of Turin on December 1st after a 500-pound bomb from WWII was discovered. Everyone living near…

Tankfest 2020 20th Anniversary

The Tank Museum

TANKFEST, the world’s biggest and best display of historic moving armour, celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2020. To mark this milestone, organisers are pulling together an…

For Sale: A Relic From one of the Most Daring Acts of Heroism in the Skies

A relic from one of the most daring and astonishing acts of heroism in the skies during World War One has emerged for sale. In…