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Survivor of Massacre at Lidice Passes Away Aged 97, Now 1 Left Alive

Miloslava Kalibová, one of the 143 female survivors of the Massacre of Lidice, passed away peacefully just before her 97th birthday. With the death of…

Win A Ride In the Only Running Tiger 131 in the World

RIDE IN TIGER 131 AT TIGER DAY 13, 25 APRIL The Tank Museum are offering people the chance to ride in Tiger 131 at a…

Fishermen Accidentally Catch a Secret Navy Device Resting on the Sea Bed

The gathering of intelligence has always been a crucial factor in warfare, but now we have confirmation that the US Navy has taken listening in…

We Lose the Last Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot Ace Paul Farnes, Aged 101

Ian Harvey

The Battle of Britain, often described as a turning point in the War. Paul Farnes was born in June 1918 in Hampshire, England WWI was still…

Space Force Logo, Why is it Basically a Copy of Star Trek’s Starfleet Logo

Ian Harvey

NASA: There has been a lot said recently regarding the current President of the USA’s pet military project, the new US Space Force, particularly when…

SABATON and Apocalyptica Release New Single “Angels Calling”

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With their new album “The Great War”, Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON have reached fantastic chart results all over the world, including the #1 top…

Discovery Channel: Normandy Bunkers ‘Frozen In Time’ on D-Day Coast

On D-Day, June 6th, 1944, Allied soldiers confronted the German army in what would prove to be a decisive battle, turning victory to the Allies’…

“A Bridge too Far” Tank to Run at TANKFEST!

A WW2 Achilles Tank Destroyer, which appeared in war epic ‘A Bridge too Far’, is to make its first TANKFEST appearance.  The Achilles is being…

Gladiator of Auschwitz: Movie of a Pole Who Boxed his Way Through Hell

He was a part of the first mass transportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau where he was given the number seventy-seven. The story of Tadeusz ‘Teddy’ Pietrzykowski is…

Navajo Nation Mourns the Loss of Longest-Living Arizona Veteran Dies Aged 105

Saturday 25th January 2020 marked the passing of World War II veteran Sophie Yazzie. Sophie, a member of the Navajo Nation, was 105 when she…

More Terracotta Warriors Found at Ancient Chinese Burial Site

Chinese farmers were digging a well in 1974 when they discovered fragments of a life-sized statue of a terracotta  warrior. The area was then discovered…

Rare Photographs Emerge of the One & Only Spitfire-Messerschmidt Hybrid

During the Battle of Britain legend has it that when Head of the Nazi Luftwaffe, Hermann Goering asked Major Adolf Galland what was required to…