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Vatican is Opening Highly Controversial WW2-Era Files on Pope Pius XII

The Papacy has never been an institution to duck controversy and has managed to survive for centuries from the death of the Roman Empire, through…

Crew of Short Stirling That Disappeared Over 70 Years Ago, Families Traced

Ian Harvey

On the 29th March 1943, bombers set off on a night raid to Berlin. Included in that number was a Short Stirling III with the…

Wargaming Partners With Stack Up to Support U.S. Veterans and Service Members

Wargaming Partners With Stack Up to Support U.S. Veterans and Service Members Operation Lifeboat aims to raise funds and awareness for 24/7 crisis intervention and…

Iwo Jima’s Last Living MoH Recipient Still Helping Military Families

The first time Hershel “Woody” Williams heard of the Congressional Medal of Honor was when the corporal with the 21st Marine Regiment heard he was…

Fifty Years After Huey’s First Mission, Grey Wolf is It’s Replacement

The US Air Force took delivery of its first MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopters at Duke Field, Florida on December 19th, 2019. The replacement for the…

Now Abandoned, How a Mine in Greenland Helped the Allies Win

Cryolite is a mineral used in the aluminium making process, which was incredibly important in the production of planes for the Allied Forces. On the…

$442 million Upgrade for The B-52

The B-52 the legend of the  United States Air Force. The upgrade contact has awarded to Raytheon. The defense contractor will develop new technology for…

3 Burials Discovered at the Alamo in Texas

Ian Harvey

The Alamo: Plans by the city of San Antonio and the State of Texas to develop the precinct around the Alamo have come to a…

Tsar Nicholas II’s Last Shipment of Drink Recovered From the Sea Bed

Tsar Nicholas was to go thirsty. One hundred and three years after the Kyros was sent to the seabed by a German U-Boat commander, the…

Stug III Recovered From The Seabed

There are more Stug IIIs down there. A dangerous underwater mission to clear unexploded ordnance from the seabed and preserve an historical military heritage site…

The Spellbinding Wheatcroft Collection, an Update

The Wheatcroft Collection in the United Kingdom is a large and important collection of historical softskin and armoured military vehicles. It is one of the largest…

Lancaster Restoration ‘Just Jane’ Update

Lancaster bomber NX611 ‘Just Jane. An update from the fantastic restoration work being undertaken of this historic plane. We have removed three propellers from NX611.…